Quiz Number 1
SWE 432, Fall 2009
September 9, 2009
- Pair the following:
- Traditional Product Design and Software Design
- Web Site Design
with:
- Users experience usability first and pay later.
Answer:
Web Site Design
- Users pay first and experience usability later.
Answer:
Traditional Product Design and Software Design
- Explain the notions of "Inside-Out" vs. "Outside-In" software development
in terms of these two tasks:
- Developing an interface for a system, and
- Developing the functionality for that same system.
Answer:
Inside-Out development produces the functionality first,
and then adds an interface around the functionality.
Outside-In development considers the user's needs first
in developing an interface, and the develops functionality
to support that interface.
Which approach is more likely to result in a system with good usability?
Answer:
The Outside-In approach is more likely to result in a system
with good usability because design decisions are automatically
biased in favor of user tasks, rather than implementation idiosyncrasies.