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Joint Collaboration Efforts of Academia and the Software Industry for the Promotion of Usability

Joint Collaboration Efforts of Academia and the Software Industry for the Promotion of Usability. Arturo Rivera - UNIS Leonel Morales - URL. Context. Increasingly sophisticated users Budding software industry Very few people trained in usability concepts Great interest to Industry

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Joint Collaboration Efforts of Academia and the Software Industry for the Promotion of Usability

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  1. Joint Collaboration Efforts of Academia and the Software Industry for the Promotion of Usability Arturo Rivera - UNIS Leonel Morales - URL

  2. Context • Increasingly sophisticated users • Budding software industry • Very few people trained in usability concepts • Great interest to • Industry • Academia

  3. Initial Efforts in Academia • At Universidad Rafael Landívar • “Software Engineering II” course introduced in 2004 • Focus on HCI • Students videotape actual user tests as an assignment • Culture in the department is changing as a result of awareness of usability issues • Other efforts • Universidad del Valle had already anticipated HCI topics in their 2003-2007 academic plan • Other universities have asked for industry support in their curricular renewal efforts

  4. Initial Efforts in Industry • In 2005, several software companies in Guatemala established the Export Software Commission within AGEXPORT • Priority: professional development of personnel to improve quality • Usability identified as key issue • AGEXPORT provided a unit specialized in training

  5. Initial Efforts in Industry (2) • Initial workshop on usability • Informal support from Universidad Rafael Landívar • Emphasis on “5-e” model • Coverage of several techniques for usability assurance • Very positive feedback • Proposed series of courses • Other HCI topics • Software process (CMMI, MoProSoft) • Web programming technician (ASP.Net, Java) • Academic committee established • Implement alliances with academic institutions

  6. Tying the Knot: Proposed Software Quality Center • Sofex has asked URL to jointly set up a center to provide independent software quality verification • Security, robustness • Usability • URL sees this center as a laboratory for proposed Software Quality graduate program • Staged approach to implementation • Sustainability • Usability to be included in phase I

  7. Next Steps • Formal agreement between URL and Sofex close to signing • Members from both institutions completing profile of Quality Center • Apply for setup funding • Software Quality graduate program being reviewed for approval • “Private” program already given a go!

  8. Key success factors • Seized oportunity • Sensitivized parties • Key people in key positions • International and internal support ready and able • Good communication • Early, modest, but concrete and visible results

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