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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-019-08-1046</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23400</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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          <subject>D.2.10 - Design</subject>
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        <article-title>Applying Usability Engineering in InterMod Agile Development Methodology. A Case Study in a Mobile Application</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Losada</surname>
            <given-names>Begoia</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">b.losada@ehu.es</email>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Urretavizcaya</surname>
            <given-names>Maite</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>López-Gil</surname>
            <given-names>Juan-Miguel</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Fernández-Castro</surname>
            <given-names>Isabel</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Donostia-San Sebastian</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Vitoria</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Begoia Losada (<email xlink:type="simple">b.losada@ehu.es</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>28</day>
        <month>04</month>
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>19</volume>
      <issue>8</issue>
      <fpage>1046</fpage>
      <lpage>1065</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/2EF89305-F75F-5101-8D80-4AD46413D9E7">2EF89305-F75F-5101-8D80-4AD46413D9E7</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5505397">5505397</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>30</day>
          <month>11</month>
          <year>2012</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>03</month>
          <year>2013</year>
        </date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Begoia Losada, Maite Urretavizcaya, Juan-Miguel López-Gil, Isabel Fernández-Castro</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
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      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>This paper explains when and how to integrate aspects of usability engineering in the agile development process proposed by the InterMod methodology. The aim of InterMod is to facilitate the accurate development of high-quality interactive software. This is accomplished by means of agile software engineering activities and continuous assessment in which certain usability evaluation techniques have been suitably integrated. Such integration brings benefits to the early steps of the development process. On the one hand, this integration promotes development tailored to users' expectations. On the other hand, it helps to plan the agile process of activities. In terms of developing a mobile application, the use of prototypes in early stages of the development process has been considered as being quite beneficial for organizing the workflow. Using heuristic evaluations and user tests has also been valuable when grouping evaluations in specific iterations.</p>
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