Teaching User Interface Development to Software Engineers
Gary Perlman · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 1988
Most software engineers have weak backgrounds in areas where human factors engineers are strong: task analysis, applied psychology, and empirical evaluation. Software engineers can become better builders of user interfaces if they are instructed in these techniques, and that is the main goal of the Software Engineering Institute's graduate curriculum module on user interface development. Parts of the module provide instruction about when, where, and how consultants such as human factors engineers can contribute to the design and evaluation of user interfaces. It is critical that human factors engineers understand how they can contribute during development, so that they can have the greatest positive impact.