This paper addresses the issue of crossorganisational process integration using the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) approach from engineering design. This approach includes a set of generic techniques for minimising iterations within processes, thus reducing the impact of rework on processing times both within single processes and across interconnected processes. The paper focuses on the latter: ...

A product’s acceptance depends on the experience that it provides to its users. To consider user’s contextualised specific needs an user-centred design process is recommended. Human-centric considers human´s opinions as a priority, and puts them in “centre” of iterative process. understand end-users influence (adults 55+ experience) product development, we conducted empirical study with 25 part...

Commercial software component models are frequently based on object-oriented concepts and terminology with appropriate binding, persistence and distribution support. In this paper, we argue that a process-oriented view on cooperating software components based on the concepts and terminology of a language/action perspective on cooperative work provides a more suitable foundation for the analysis...

Over the last ten years we have created a theoretical framework for domain-oriented design environments (DODEs), developed several prototypes and assessed them in real-world settings. DODEs are knowledge-based systems that emphasize a human-centered and domain-oriented approach. Used as intelligent support systems, they facilitate collaboration and communication among humans as well as between ...

This text describes a simple and effective object oriented software design process template having UML as the modeling language and extensively using inspections to support the construction and maintenance of software products. This software design process uses a sequential organization, based on the waterfall approach, for two reasons: to simplify the explanation of design activities in the co...