Early development of graphical user interface (GUI) in agile methodologies

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Labib, Caroline^{a; *} | Hasanein, Ehab^b | Hegazy, Osman^c

Affiliations: [a] Teaching Assistant at Faculty of Computers and Information, Information System Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | [b] Doctor at Faculty of Computers and Information, Information System Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | [c] Professor at Faculty of Computers and Information, Information System Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Tel.: +2 10 6030380; E-mail: caroline_samy@yahoo.com.

Abstract: The Agile methodologies have shown success over plan-driven methodologies especially in web development due to their ability to adapt to new requirement changes. Agile methodologies are based on a set of values, principles and practices. However, the development of Graphical User Interface (GUI) is not well addressed in the agile methodologies. In this paper we introduce a practice that aims at early development of GUI in agile methodologies. The proposed practice supports agile principles and values by helping in getting early customer feedback on the user interface.

Keywords: Agile methodologies, agile practices, GUI and user interface prototyping

DOI: 10.3233/JCM-2009-0251

Journal: Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, vol. 9, no. s2, pp. S239-S249, 2009