Collaborative design with use case scenarios

ABSTRACT

Digital libraries, particularly those with a community-based governanc e structure, are best designed in a collaborative setting. In this paper, we compare our experience using two design methods: a Task-centered method that draws upon a group's strength for eliciting and formulating tasks, and a Use Case method that tends to require a focus on defining an explicit process for tasks. We discuss how these methods did and did not work well in a collaborative setting.

REFERENCES

• 1: Cockburn, A., 1997. Goals and use cases. Journal of object-oriented programming, (Sep 1997), pp 35-40, and (Nov-Dec 1997), pp 56-62.
• 2: Green, T. R. G. and Petre, M., 1996. Usability analysis of visual programming environments. J. Visual Languages and Computing, 7, pp 131-174.
• 3: Lewis, C. & Reiman, J., 1993. Task-centered user interface design. Available via ftp.cs.colorado.edu /pub/cs/distribs/clewis/HCI-Design-Books.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces
          Subjects: Collaborative computing

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Experimentation, Human Factors, Management, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
collaboration, design, methodology, task-centered, use case