The document discusses bridging the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI) and software engineering (SE) using agile methods. It notes that while HCI and SE professionals have distinct backgrounds, collaboration is important for usability but the process is unclear. Agile methods provide a compromise by being informal like eXtreme Programming (XP) and Adaptive Methods (AM), which are closer to HCI practice. The document compares XP, AM, and HCI practices and outlines phases for design approaches, lightweight evaluation methods, and using scenarios and prototypes to propel an interdisciplinary design process.

1. Agile Human-Centered Software Engineering Thomas Memmel, Fredrik Gundelsweiler, Harald Reiterer Speaker: Fredrik Gundelsweiler BS-HCI 2007, Lancaster, UK

2. Motivation HCI and SE are recognized as professions made up of very distinct populations To provide a high level of UI usability, software experts has to work with people with a background in HCI Course of collaboration is mostly unclear, little has been done on cross-discipline lifecycles Agile methods are the optimum, and workable, compromise Informal methods of XP and AM are close to HCI practice and therefore the pathfinder for a common course of action

3. XP & HCI Practice

4. AM & HCI Practice

5. Design Approaches Compared

6. Phase I

7. Phase II

8. Phase III

9. Phase III – Lightweight Evaluation Methods

10. Phase III – Lightweight Evaluation Methods

11. Overview

12. Summary We bridge HCI and SE based on their commonalities Similarities in basic principles and practices as well as among the methods and tools Important links to XP, but many important aspects relate to AM, HCI and beyond We concur with the findings of interdisciplinary researchers and use scenarios and prototypes as fundamental artifacts propelling a design process