User interface specification and modeling in an object oriented environment for automatic software development
María Dolores Lozano, Pascual González, I. Ramos · 2002
Nowadays, most of the research developed by industry and academia has led to several object-oriented methods that are highly adequate for the development of systems, but most of these methods do not include mechanisms (models) for identifying and specifying user needs and requirements, as well as testing and validating requirements with end users before, during and after development. These considerations are especially important in interactive systems, where the user interaction is very high and the user interface is a significant part of the system. As a result of this weakness, interactive systems developed using such methods can meet all technical requirements, be very robust, and yet be unusable by the end user. This problem explains a large part of the frequently-observed phenomenon whereby large numbers of change requests to modify the services of an application are made after its deployment. As a solution to this problem, we propose a method for integrating a user interface model into the software life-cycle, taking into account user needs and requirements. Also, this approach to the development process ensures the quality of the delivered applications from the end user's point of view.