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HCI Practices in the Nigerian Software Industry

Authors : Abiodun Ogunyemi, David Lamas, Emmanuel Rotimi Adagunodo, Isaias Barreto da Rosa

Published in: Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015

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Abstract

In this paper we explore the state of HCI practices in the Nigerian software industry. Our societies have evolved quickly into an information age, and the criticality of software and humans as components of socio-technical systems becomes more worthy to address. In Nigeria, the level of HCI practices is not yet known. We understand clearly, the role of software systems and services to strengthen information societies, and we decided to run a survey of the local software organizations. The results from the survey indicate some level of HCI awareness. Therefore, we conducted some semi-structured interviews in order to deepen our understanding of HCI practices in the industry. The results show there is a knowledge limit regarding HCI practices in the industry. We present a preliminary report of the results obtained from our studies of software organizations in Nigeria.

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Metadata
Title
HCI Practices in the Nigerian Software Industry
Authors
Abiodun Ogunyemi
David Lamas
Emmanuel Rotimi Adagunodo
Isaias Barreto da Rosa
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-22667-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-22668-2

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22668-2_37