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International Workshop on Software and Performance

German Workshop on Performance Engineering within Software Development

WOSP 2000, GWPESD 2000: Performance Engineering pp 119–131Cite as

Performance Parameters and Context of Use

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The acceptance of software is determined in how far users can be satisfied in the context of using the software. In this chapter context of use is defined in terms of usability-engineering parameters. A first step towards conceptual integration of software-performance engineering with usability engineering is described. Performance engineering in terms of usability evaluation is then enabled through exploiting specification diagrams, thus, providing early feedback to the involved developers.

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  1. Department of Business Information Systems Communications Engineering, University of Linz, Freistädterstraße 315, A-4040, Linz

    Chris Stary

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  1. Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Postfach 4120, 39016, Magdeburg, Germany

    Reiner Dumke , Claus Rautenstrauch  & André Scholz ,  & 

  2. EZ Berlin, Deutsche Telekom AG, Wittestraße 30 H, 13509, Berlin

    Andreas Schmietendorf

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Stary, C. (2001). Performance Parameters and Context of Use. In: Dumke, R., Rautenstrauch, C., Scholz, A., Schmietendorf, A. (eds) Performance Engineering. WOSP GWPESD 2000 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2047. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45156-0_8

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