Module CS3201-KP04, CS3201

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Media Informatics 2020, compulsory, media informatics
• Bachelor Computer Science 2019, optional subject, major subject informatics
• Bachelor Computer Science 2019, compulsory, Canonical Specialization Software Systems Engineering
• Bachelor Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2020 , optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor Computer Science 2016, optional subject, major subject informatics
• Bachelor Computer Science 2016, compulsory, Canonical Specialization Software Systems Engineering
• Bachelor Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2016, optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor IT-Security 2016, optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor Media Informatics 2014, compulsory, media informatics
• Bachelor Computer Science 2014, optional subject, central topics of computer science
• Bachelor Medical Informatics 2011, optional subject, software engineering
• Bachelor Computer Science 2012, compulsory, specialization field media informatics
• Bachelor Computer Science 2012, optional subject, central topics of computer science

Classes and lectures:

• Usability Engineering (lecture, 2 SWS)
• Usability-Engineering (exercise, 1 SWS)

Workload:

• 45 hours in-classroom work
• 55 hours private studies
• 20 hours exam preparation

Contents of teaching:

• Usability and User Experience (UX) as an Engineering Process
• Usability and UX Target Criteria for Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Project Planning, Project Management, and Quality Assurance
• Software and Usability Engineering
• Process Models for Usability and UX Engineering: The Usability Engineering Lifecycle and Alternatives
• Organizational and Contextual Analyses, User Analyses, Task Analyses
• Conceptualization and Design of Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Formative and Summative Assessment Methods: Planning, Implementation, and Analysis
• Installation, Maintenance, and KPIs
• Interdisciplinary Teams and Social Processes
• Integrating Usability and UX into Business Processes
• The Use of Automation and AI in a Human-Centered Development Process

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students are able to explain and implement the fundamental development processes for human-centered interactive systems.
• They can plan and carry out people-centered development projects.
• They can select usability and user experience engineering methods appropriate to the context and justify your choice.
• They can apply, adapt, and reflect on methods of usability and user experience engineering.
• They can evaluate and reflect on the use of automation—such as AI—in the human-centered development process.
• They can review, evaluate, and communicate both manually generated and automatically generated results.
• They can explain how human-centered development processes are influenced by formal and informal requirements, as well as by complex social structures and behaviors.
• The exercise also helps develop teamwork skills, structured work habits, time management, and presentation skills.

Grading through:

• written exam

Requires:

• Statistics and Methods of User Research (PY1802-KP08)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. phil. André Calero Valdez

Teacher:

• Institute of Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Prof. Dr. phil. André Calero Valdez

Literature:

• Deborah J. Mayhew : The Usability Engineering Lifecycle Morgan Kaufmann Publ., 1999
• Jeff Sauro, James R. Lewis : Quantifying the User Experience Morgan Kaufmann Publ., 2016
• Karen Holtzblatt, Hugh Beyer : Contextual Design. Defining Customer-Centered Systems Morgan Kaufmann Publ., 1997

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

09.09.2026