Usability evaluation in industry. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Patrick W. Jordan [and others].
• Other Names: Jordan, Patrick W
• Contents: Part 1 Elements of usability: a combined effort in the standardization of user interface; usable usability evaluations - if the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain; combining data in the evaluation of product usability. Part 2 Selecting evaluation methods: factors affecting methods and techniques of usability evaluation; information ecologies, experience and ergonomics; do-it-yourself usability evaluation - guiding software developers to usability. Part 3 Field studies: service information and evaluation; evaluation of a multi- system situation; observation as a technique for usability evaluation; field based prototyping. Part 4 Informal methods: quick and dirty usability tests; effective informal methods; getting the most out of quick and dirty user interface simulations. Part 5 New evaluation methods: a cost-effective method for the "in the field" usabilty evaluation; co-discovery exploration - an informal method for the iterative design of consumer products; private camera conversation - a new method for eliciting user responses; repatory grid theory and its application to product evaluation. Part 6 "Off the shelf" evaluation methods: 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 user interfaces. Part 7 Task analysis: hierarchical task analysis - an overview; task analysis for error identification. Part 8 Issues relating to usability evaluation: performance measurement and ecological evaluation; seminar discussions - issues for usability evaluation in industry.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (252 pages)
• Subjects: 658.575; New products -- Evaluation; Commercial products -- Evaluation; Commercial products -- Evaluation; New products -- Evaluation; Ergonomie; Mens-machine-systemen; Produktbewertung; Produits nouveaux; Produits commerciaux
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498710411; 1498710417
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