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Designing a Study for Evaluating User Feedback on Predesign Models

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Predesign schemata are an attempt to overcome the communication gap between end users and computer scientists in software development. We argue that by presenting facilitated models to the users, schema interpretation is made easier. The predesign principle is also helpful in areas such as software documentation. Our uses of predesign models share the basic assumption that these models are easier to understand for end users. In this chapter we present a design for an experimental study that aims to evaluate these assumptions.

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  1. Institute for Applied Informatics, Research Group Application Engineering, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Jürgen Vöhringer, Doris Gälle & Christian Kop

  2. Department of Information Systems, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

    Peter Bellström

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  1. Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom

    William Wei Song

  2. , School of Information Technology, Jiangxi University of Finance and Econom, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China, People's Republic

    Shenghua Xu

  3. Finance & Economics, School of Information Management, Jiangxi University of, Fenglin Rd., Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China, People's Republic

    Changxuan Wan

  4. UFIDA Software Technology College, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economic, Fenglin Rd., Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China, People's Republic

    Yuansheng Zhong

  5. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski

  6. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

    Gregory Wojtkowski

  7. Fac. Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia

    Henry Linger

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Vöhringer, J., Bellström, P., Gälle, D., Kop, C. (2011). Designing a Study for Evaluating User Feedback on Predesign Models. In: Song, W., et al. Information Systems Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7355-9_35

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