Assessment of Object Use for Task Modeling

Authors:
Sybille Caffiau;Patrick Girard;Dominique L. Scapin;Laurent Guittet;Loe Sanou
Affiliations:
Laboratoire d'Informatique Scientifique et Industrielle, Futuroscope Cedex, France 86961 and Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Domaine de Voluceau -Rocquencourt, Le ...;Laboratoire d'Informatique Scientifique et Industrielle, Futuroscope Cedex, France 86961;Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Domaine de Voluceau -Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay, France 78153;Laboratoire d'Informatique Scientifique et Industrielle, Futuroscope Cedex, France 86961;Laboratoire d'Informatique Scientifique et Industrielle, Futuroscope Cedex, France 86961
Venue:
HCSE-TAMODIA '08 Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering and 7th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Past research in task modeling suggests the need to introduce objects when using task models for the design of interactive applications. Objects are however rarely included in the task model notations and formalisms. Furthermore, when part of the formalism, their definition is usually informal; and the supporting tool does not generally take them into account for simulation. K-MADe is the first tool that fully uses objects for condition evaluations during task model simulation. This paper presents an evaluation investigating the usage of formal objects with K-MADe. The results show that whilst object concepts seem to be essential in the task model process, their usage and manipulation is not easy.