Creating a Post-sedentary Work Context for Software Engineering
2022 (English)In: IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT 2021, Springer Nature , 2022, p. 123-138Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Software engineers are sedentary and need technological help for a more healthy life. Current software engineering tasks are mostly confined to the standard sedentary desktop user interface. We believe that software engineering should be restructured so that it offers a non-sedentary alternative. In this paper, we describe a new research approach, called Post-sedentary Software Engineering. Our ambition with this approach is to provide an alternative, healthier work context without decreasing productivity. We take a spatial approach to post-sedentary tool design, starting from the assumption an interactive 3D environment with appropriate metaphors is necessary for full body movement. We discuss available technologies for achieving this goal and outline four studies that incorporate the software engineering phases of code comprehension, code creation and debugging in a non-sedentary context.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2022. p. 123-138
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Keywords [en]
Metaphor, Post-sedentary, Sedentary, Software engineering, Spatial, Program debugging, 'current, Desktop user interface, Engineering tasks, Research approach, Sedentary work, Tool designs, User interfaces
National Category
Software Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-322407DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98388-8_12ISI: 000922037600012Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85127145460OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-322407DiVA, id: diva2:1718909
Conference
IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT 2021, 30 August 2021 through 3 September 2021
Note
QC 20230307
2022-12-142022-12-142023-03-07Bibliographically approved