Use of an agile bridge in the development of assistive technology

Suzanne Prior; Annalu Waller; Rolf Black; Thilo Kroll

doi:10.1145/2470654.2466210

Use of an agile bridge in the development of assistive technology

Suzanne Prior, Annalu Waller, Rolf Black, Thilo Kroll

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Engaging with end users in the development of assistive technologies remains one of the major challenges for researchers and developers in the field of accessibility and HCI. Developing usable software systems for people with complex disabilities is problematic, software developers are wary of using user-centred design, one of the main methods by which usability can be improved, due to concerns about how best to work with adults with complex disabilities, in particular Severe Speech and Physical Impairments (SSPI) and how to involve them in research. This paper reports on how the adoption of an adapted agile approach involving the incorporation of a user advocate on the research team helped in meeting this challenge in one software project and offers suggestions for how this could be used by other development teams.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	changing Perspectives
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1579-1588
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450318990
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466210
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	CHI 2013 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Paris, France Duration: 27 Apr 2013 → 2 May 2013 http://chi2013.acm.org/

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Conference	CHI 2013 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI 2013
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	27/04/13 → 2/05/13
Internet address	http://chi2013.acm.org/

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Prior, S, Waller, A, Black, R & Kroll, T 2013, Use of an agile bridge in the development of assistive technology. in Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings: changing Perspectives. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 1579-1588, CHI 2013 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Paris, France, 27/04/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466210

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