An empirical approach for evaluating the usability of model-driven tools

Abstract

Abstract. MDD tools are very useful to draw conceptual models and to automate code generation. Even though this would bring many benefits, wide adoption of MDD tools is not yet a reality. Various research activities are being undertaken to find why and to provide the required solutions. However, insufficient research has been done on a key factor for the acceptance of MDD tools: usability. With the help of end-users, this paper presents a framework to evaluate the usability of MDD tools. The framework will be used as a basis for a family of experiments to get clear insights into the barriers to usability that prevent MDD tools from being widely adopted in industry. To illustrate the applicability of our framework, we instantiated it for performing a usability evaluation of a tool named INTEGRANOVA. Furthermore, we compared the outcome of the study with another usability evaluation technique based on ergonomic criteria.

Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language

“…For each of the CVL related UPs extracted from the analysis of the data, we fill a template similar to the one proposed by [28], indicating the ID of the UP, the name of the UP (Name), the description of the UP (Description), the classification of the UP (Ergonomic Criterion), the usability evaluation method used to detect the UP (UEM source) and the number of occurrences for that particular UP (# of occurrences). In order to determine the Ergonomic Criterion of each UP we have attended to the Bastien and Scapin ergonomic criteria classification [29].…”

Comprehensibility of Variability in Model Fragments for Product Configuration

“…(a) Comprehension score. An ANOVA test [4] was conducted to compare the comprehension score for the different model fragments. There was a signifi- cant effect of the model fragments on the comprehension score at p<0.05 for isolated fragments, crossing fragments, and recursive fragments [F(2,93) = 22.729, p = 0.000].…”

Monitores dinámicos de software – Despliegue de software – Monitoreo de espectro

“…El proceso de evaluación que se presentó no tuvo en cuenta atributos de calidad necesarios como son: usabilidad, rendimiento y escalabilidad. A futuro está prevista la evaluación de la usabilidad de Urano utilizando un marco propuesto por Condori-Fernández [67].…”