Article Free Access Share on UIMSs: threat or menace? Authors: J. Rosenberg Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesView Profile , R. Hill European Computer-Industry Research Center European Computer-Industry Research CenterView Profile , J. Miller Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation Microelectronics and Computer Technology CorporationView Profile , A. Schulert Apollo Computer Apollo ComputerView Profile , D. Shewmake Interactive Development Environments Interactive Development EnvironmentsView Profile Authors Info & Claims CHI '88: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 1988 Pages 197–200https://doi.org/10.1145/57167.57200Online:01 May 1988Publication History 13citation212DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations13Total Downloads212Last 12 Months5Last 6 weeks1 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

User software engineering (USE) is a methodology, with supporting tools, for the specification, design, and implementation of interactive information systems. With the USE approach, the user interface is formally specified with augmented state transition diagrams, and the operations may be formally specified with preconditions and postconditions. The USE state transition diagrams may be directly executed with the application development tool RAPID/USE. RAPID/USE and its associated tool RAPSUM create and analyze logging information that is useful for system testing, and for evaluation and modification of the user interface. The authors briefly describe the USE transition diagrams and the formal specification approach, and show how these tools and techniques aid in the creation of reliable interactive information systems.

User software engineering (USE) is a methodology, supported by automated tools, for the systematic development of interactive information systems. The USE methodology gives particular attention to effective user involvement in the early stages of the software development process, concentrating on external design and the use of rapidly created and modified prototypes of the user interface. The USE methodology is supported by an integrated set of graphically based tools. The USE methodology and the tools that support it are described.