Usability evaluation in industry / edited by Patrick W. Jordan, Bruce Thomas, Bernard A. Weerdmeester, and Ian L. McClelland.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
  • Bristol, PA ; London : Taylor and Francis, [1996]
  • ©1996
Description
1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations

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Summary note
"This book provides a variety of answers in its description and discussion of new, sometimes radical approaches to `usability evaluation', now an increasingly common business tool. It contains new thinking of the subject of usability evaluation in industry. Contributions come from those involved in the practice of industry-based usability evaluation" -- Publisher's website.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Source of description
Online resource (Taylor & Francis, viewed September 28, 2023)
Contents
  • A combined effort in the standardization of user interface testing
  • Usable usability evaluation: if the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
  • Combining physical, physiological and subjective data in the evaluation of product usability
  • Factors affecting the selection of methods and techniques prior to conducting a usability evaluation
  • Information ecologies, experience and ergonomics
  • Do-it-yourself usability evaluation: guiding software developers to usability
  • Service introduction and evaluation
  • Evaluation of a multi-system situation
  • Observation as a technique for usability evaluation
  • Feld-based prototyping
  • 'Quick and dirty' usability tests
  • Effective informal methods
  • Getting the most out of 'quick and dirty' user interface simulations
  • Feature checklists: a cost-effective method for 'in the field' usability evaluation
  • Co-discovery exploration: an informal method for the iterative design of consumer products
  • Private camera conversation: a new method for eliciting user responses
  • Repertory grid theory and its application to product evaluation
  • The software usability measurement inventory: background and usage
  • The usability checklist approach revisited
  • SUS: a 'quick and dirty' usability scale
  • FACE: a rapid method for evaluation of user interfaces
  • Hierarchical task analysis: an overview
  • Task analysis for error identification: applying HEI to product design and evaluation
  • Performance measurement and ecological validity
  • Issues for usability evaluation in industry: seminar discussions.
ISBN
  • 1-04-007091-4
  • 0-429-15701-0
  • 1-4987-1041-7
OCLC
1029252129
Doi
  • 10.1201/9781498710411
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