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@inproceedings{alberti:icalepcs2023-fr2bco02,
author = {V. Alberti and C. Baffa and G. Brajnik and M. Colciago and E. Giani and G. Marotta and I. Novak},
% author = {V. Alberti and C. Baffa and G. Brajnik and M. Colciago and E. Giani and G. Marotta and others},
% author = {V. Alberti and others},
title = {{A Lean UX Approach for Developing Effective Monitoring and Control User Interfaces: A Case Study for the SKA CSP. LMC Subsystem}},
% booktitle = {Proc. ICALEPCS'23},
booktitle = {Proc. 19th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'23)},
eventdate = {2023-10-09/2023-10-13},
pages = {1650--1656},
paper = {FR2BCO02},
language = {english},
keywords = {controls, software, monitoring, interface, TANGO},
venue = {Cape Town, South Africa},
series = {International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems},
number = {19},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {02},
year = {2024},
issn = {2226-0358},
isbn = {978-3-95450-238-7},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-FR2BCO02},
url = {https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/fr2bco02.pdf},
abstract = {{The Central Signal Processor Local Monitor and Control (CSP. LMC) is a software component that allows the flow of information and commands between the Telescope Manager (TM) and the subsystems dedicated to signal processing, namely the correlator and beamformer, the pulsar search and the pulsar timing engines. It acts as an adapter by specialising the commands and associated data from the TM to the subsystems and by exposing the subsystems as a unified entity while monitoring their status. In this paper, we approach the problem of creating a User Interface (UI) for such a component. Through a series of short learning cycles, we want to explore different ways of looking at the system and build an initial set of UIs that can be refined to be used as engineering UIs in the first Array Assembly of the Square Kilometre Array. The process heavily involves some of the developers of the CSP. LMC in creating the dashboards, and other ones as participants in informal evaluations. In fact, the opportunities offered by Taranta, a tool to develop web UIs without needing web-development skills, make it possible to quickly realise a working dashboard that can be promptly tested. This also supports the short feedback cycle advocated by a Lean UX approach and maps well in a bi-weekly sprint cadence. In this paper, we will describe the method and present the results highlighting strengths and pain points where faced. }},
}