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  • Usability, Agile & Usability

    How to Evaluate a Programming Language From a Usability Point of View

    When we refer to the term “usability” we usually have in mind the ease of utilizing user interfaces which vary from desktop to mobile applications. However, in the field of software development it is also interesting to examine if the programming languages are ...

    by Glykeria Alvanou
    7 min. reading time
  • itemis products, Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Embedded, Traceability

    Agility and Automotive SPICE: Establishing Traceability in Agile Projects

    Information: YAKINDU Traceability Is Now itemis ANALYZE Agile working is on many companies’ agendas. Sometimes it works well, sometimes less so: this tends to depend on how well agile principles and values are understood and ‘lived’. Whether a company works with ...

    by Katharina Lattenkamp
    9 min. reading time
  • Model Viewer, Agile & Usability, Embedded

    Interaction workshop: How to navigate the Model Viewer only using the keyboard

    By analysing user requirements, we discovered that some users need to operate the Model Viewer by only using the keyboard. Therefore, we decided to create a keyboard-only interaction concept. But how do we find out what the most efficient way to interact is? Where ...

    by Frauke Heinecke
    7 min. reading time
  • Model Viewer, Agile & Usability

    How a Usability test meal improves the tool start of Model Viewer

    Information: YAKINDU Traceability Is Now itemis ANALYZE The impression a user gets when he uses a tool for the first time is very important for overall customer satisfaction. For that reason, we have been evaluating how the tool start of the Model Viewer could ...

    by Sandra Schering
    5 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability

    What are (good) user stories?

    In an earlier blog post I described how I apply user story mapping in release planning. In this post I want to go back to the beginning, or at least far enough back to explain what I think makes a good user story. But let’s start at the beginning – what is a user ...

    by Katharina Lattenkamp
    6 min. reading time
  • itemis products, Feature of the month, Agile & Usability

    How to create traceability links quickly with YAKINDU Traceability’s bulk link creation editor

    Information: YAKINDU Traceability Is Now itemis ANALYZE A prominent task of YAKINDU Traceability (now itemis ANALYZE) for sure is to create traceability links. It already provides different means to do so. However, based on our users’ feedback, we got the ...

    by Sandra Schering
    7 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Embedded, Scrum

    Managing unrealistic expectations in embedded software development

    According to a number of different studies somewhere between 30 % and 70 % of embedded software projects are unsuccessful. Success can, of course, be measured in a number of different ways, which is probably where the large range in the statistics comes from. ...

    by David Akehurst
    4 min. reading time
  • Agile & Usability, Usability, Design Thinking

    What is Design Thinking?

    Design Thinking is one of the much-hyped topics that we encounter again and again. But what is behind it? What does "thinking creatively" mean? What do I need to be able to achieve it? Do I have to be a designer? I will try to get to the bottom of such questions, ...

    by Sandra Schering
    5 min. reading time
  • Agile & Usability, Usability

    Goodbye assumptions: How to identify the right requirements with user requirements engineering

    We need requirements for all our projects, and we build our systems based on them. Unfortunately, requirement lists can become incredibly long, and sometimes you just ask yourself “Who thought that would be a good idea?”

    by Sandra Schering
    8 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Usability

    Usability Tests in Agile Software Development

    User inclusion is essential in user-centered development. It is the only way to understand the requirements users actually have and where problems could arise when interacting with products. This principle is firmly anchored in DIN EN ISO 9241. Usability testing ...

    by Sandra Schering
    5 min. reading time

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