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Second International Conference on Usage-Centered Design

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MONDAY

M10 - 9:30a-10:30a

KEYNOTE: Performance by Design

Bill Buxton, Buxton Design

This keynote might be titled "What I have learned about software product design in 8 1/2 years of working with some of the best industrial designers and film makers in the world." By design, I do not mean code design. Rather, I use the term in the way that it would be understood by an industrial or graphic designer. In software development, product design and software engineering are not well differentiated. Far too often, the result is a product that is late, over budget, short of features, high on bugs, and underperforms in the marketplace. Overall, software companies have a far better track record with incremental releases than with new product design. To put the lessons I have learned into perspective, I will work through a case study which suggests that my education was time well spent--as well as fun.

TUESDAY - 21 October

T10 - 8:30a-10:00a

Between Extreme and Unified: Where Are the Users and Usability in Development Processes?

Ivar Jacobson, Jaczone; Jim Heumann, IBM; Ron Jeffries, XProgramming.com; Jeff Patton, Tomax Corp.; Larry Constantine (Moderator)

In a lively and informative format, this plenary panel will bring together two opposing teams of authoritative panelists to compare how users, usability, and user interface design fit into modern software development. Challenges from the moderator and questions from the audience will shape a critical examination of the relative strengths and shortcomings of competing approaches across the spectrum of processes ranging from XP to RUP. .

WEDNESDAY - 22 October

W10 - 8:30a-10:00a

Patterns or Process: What Works for Usage-Centered Design?

Lucy Lockwood and Larry Constantine, Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd.

In this head-to-head debate, two pioneers square off to confront the role and relative importance of design patterns versus process models in usage-centered design. Do patterns work? Do people actually use them? Where do they fit in the work of designers? Can process be taught? Does anyone really follow the process models as propounded? Which helps beginners more: proven patterns or systematic processes? What does each offer experienced professionals?

W40 - 3:30p-4:30p

Usage-Centered Town Meeting

Larry Constantine and Lucy Lockwood, Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd. (moderators)

An open forum to wrap-up the conference with the audience center-stage. This is a chance for everybody to participate in raising the questions, exploring the potentials, and defining the directions. Where to now? What happens next? What are the challenges and prospects? How do we proceed from here?

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