Software Developers as Users - Semiotic Investigations in Human-Centered Software Development

This book presents the SigniFYI Suite of conceptual and methodological tools, designed to uncover meanings inscribed in software, their origins, intent and consequences to identify and trace correlating patterns; from software design and development to software use and experience.
Based on the study of Semiotic Engineering, the book advances the e study of Human-Centered Computing (HCC), inviting professionals, researchers, teachers and students to reflect upon how subjective and cultural values manifest themselves through software models, programs and user interfaces.
Theauthors weave a mesh of technical, theoretical and philosophical considerations of what it means to build and use software, exploring what we (professionals and non-professionals) mean by the pieces of software we design and develop, as well as what pieces of software mean to end-users and others.

Explicitly dedicated to software designers, developers and users, Software Developers as Users is a provocative view of socio-technical communication in the digital age.

List of contents

Introduction.- A Software Development Story.- The SigniFYI Suite.- Concluding Remarks.- Index.

Summary

This book presents the SigniFYI Suite of conceptual and methodological tools, designed to uncover meanings inscribed in software, their origins, intent and consequences to identify and trace correlating patterns; from software design and development to software use and experience.
Based on the study of Semiotic Engineering, the book advances the e study of Human-Centered Computing (HCC), inviting professionals, researchers, teachers and students to reflect upon how subjective and cultural values manifest themselves through software models, programs and user interfaces.
Theauthors weave a mesh of technical, theoretical and philosophical considerations of what it means to build and use software, exploring what we (professionals and non-professionals) mean by the pieces of software we design and develop, as well as what pieces of software mean to end-users and others.

Explicitly dedicated to software designers, developers and users, Software Developers as Users is a provocative view of socio-technical communication in the digital age.

Product details

• Authors: Luiz Marques Afonso, Rafael Rossi de Mello Brandão, Renato Fontoura de Gusmão Cerqueira, Juliana Soares Jansen Ferreira, Fontoura de Gusmão C, Renato Fontoura de Gusmão Cerqueira, Luiz Marques Afonso, Rafael Rossi de Mello Brandão, Clariss Sieckenius de Souza, Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza, Juliana Soares Jansen Ferreira, Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319428291
• ISBN: 978-3-31-942829-1
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 14 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 378 g
• Illustrations: XII, 142 p. 76 illus., 33 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; B, Software Engineering, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, computer science, Programming Techniques, Computer programming, Computers, User interface design & usability, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems), Database Management System, Models and Principles