ABSTRACT
Model-Driven Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116
Metamodel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116
Transformations and Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117
MDE for Plastic User Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117
Functional Decomposition for
Plastic Interactive Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1118
Models for UI Plasticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119
M2-tasks and M2-concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1120
M2-Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1121
The Models in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1121
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1124
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1124
Human-computer interaction (HCI) and Software Engineering (SE) are like two old friends with different backgrounds: they share values but use them differently. Both domains address the design and development of useful and usable systems and are concerned with “requirements analysis,” “incremental and iterative design,” as well as “quality assurance.” However, they address these problems with different development processes, different notations, and different priorities. For HCI, the human is the first-class entity in all phases of development. For SE, the final objective is a running system developed at minimal cost and delivered in time, while satisfying contractual specifications. The user is, at best, involved at the very beginning of the process, and hopefully at the very end of the project for summative evaluation. However, to avoid or correct wrong design decisions, this is too little and too late. Even in the early stages of development, functional requirements and quality goals are rarely the result of a close collaboration between HCI and SE specialists.
