How to Make Software Softer - Designing Tailorable Applications

The design of tailorable systems is an important issue for fields of application which are characterized by differentiation and dynamics. We show how tailorability can be combined with approaches of evolutionary and participative software-engineering and discuss some conceptual problems arising from this approach. Moreover, we present two case studies on how to design tailorable functionality in a groupware development project. KEYWORDS Tailorability, groupware, participatory design, design cases

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: ACMDIS
• Authors: Oliver Stiemerling, Helge Kahler, Volker Wulf
• Keywords: ACMDIS 1997, Groupware Development Project, Human Computer Interaction, Important Issue, Participative Software-engineering