Redesign of A Seismic Monitor Using Contextual Design
Ozgur Aktunc · International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications · 2012
This paper discusses a user-centered approach to requirements gathering and design and its application to an agile software development project.The approach used in this paper is based on Contextual Design (CD), a user-centered design technique, developed by Beyer and Holtzblatt.The benefits of using CD to requirements gathering and usability are explained using a case study, a Web-based seismic monitor, which allows a user to monitor earthquakes all around the world in real time.This case study demonstrates the benefits of CD by the improved design and usability of the application.CD shares some of the fundamental principles of agile software development processes, such as continuous user feedback and rapid prototyping.This makes CD a natural candidate to be used in agile software development.