Usability and Reuse in software design

This is a very useful and informative extract from a usability conference presentation and examines how reusability can be provided in systems, the reference for this is below the post.

Degler (2006) asks the Questions –

"Have you had insights and observations that go beyond the scope of a particular system or site you are working on?

Have you seen the same user needs and challenges cropping up on three or four projects, and realized that you are seeing a pattern?

Have you worked on standards for design and development of web sites or information that need to be applied across many different projects and services?

Have you become involved in conversations with managers where you have the opportunity to share how "things could be better" for users overall, beyond the boundaries of a single site?"

This illustrates how to create and test a User Driven Modelling approach, the intention of this approach is to create a high level abstraction that can be reused to solve many problems with a common pattern.

Degler, D., 2006. The Usability Professional as Visionary / Strategist. In: UPA DC usability conference, October 2006. http://www.ipgems.com/present/degler_visiontalk_upadc2006.pdf.