Paper Info
Title
An evaluation of using programming by demonstration and guided walkthrough techniques for authoring and utilizing documentation
Abstract
Much existing documentation is informal and serves to communicate "how-to" knowledge among restricted working groups. Using current practices, such documentation is both difficult to maintain and difficult to use properly.In this paper, we propose a documentation system, called DocWizards, that uses programming by demonstration to support low-cost authoring and guided walkthrough techniques to improve document usability.We report a comparative study between the use of DocWizards and traditional techniques for authoring and following documentation. The study participants showed significant gains in efficiency and reduction in error rates when using DocWizards. In addition, they expressed a clear preference for using the DocWizards tool, both for authoring and for following documentation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1145/1124772.1124809
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
study participant,comparative study,current practice,significant gain,walkthrough technique,document usability,error rate,docwizards tool,clear preference,documentation system,low-cost authoring,utilizing documentation,working group
Programming by demonstration,Working group,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Software walkthrough,Documentation,Multimedia
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-59593-372-7
13
1.12
References 
Authors
13
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Madhu Prabaker141134.34
Lawrence D. Bergman266061.49
Vittorio Castelli3928129.71