Quality Factors in Development Best Practices for Mobile Applications

Marinho, Euler Horta; Resende, Rodolfo F.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31128-4_47

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“…Key considerations for testing and evaluation include navigation, interface consistency, clarity of information, quality of feedback, and language and terminology used [84]. In general, all these terms fall under the category of selfdescriptiveness, indicated as a relevant factor contributing to the development of usable mobile applications [85], [86].…”

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Usability of Mobile Applications: A Consolidated Model

Weichbroth

2024

IEEE Access

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Mobile devices have become an integral part of the digital ecosystem, connecting people, businesses, and information around the world in ways never before possible. In particular, smartphones, tablets and other handheld devices equipped with mobile applications have changed every aspect of our lives. Today, a user can choose from nearly five million applications available for both Android and iOS operating systems. However, only 0.5 percent of applications succeed in the marketplace. Many factors contribute to their failure, including poor design, lack of value, privacy violations, and usability issues. While usability is often identified as a major concern, there seems to be no agreement between researchers and practitioners on its nature, although many models have been developed. This paper attempts to find a consensus by synthesizing the state of the art literature. More specifically, we aim to develop a consolidated, universal usability model for mobile applications, through the lens of existing human computer interaction theory. In order to achieve this goal, our study uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. Overall, the research methodology consisted of two steps. First, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify, collect, and analyze current research on mobile usability. Second, we used the meta-analysis approach to quantitatively describe the extracted data and summarize the findings. The PACMAD+3 model was developed and discussed in light of the results obtained and the PACMAD model. While our model borrows seven attributes from its ancestor, the remaining three attributes were derived from the synthesis of other studies, along with three external factors adopted from the ISO 9241-11 standard. In addition, we reviewed existing definitions of usability attributes. We expect that this unified approach will lead to a better understanding of mobile usability, including all relevant attributes and factors, thus making a significant contribution to theory. On the other hand, in practice, the PACMAD+3 model can be used to translate abstract attributes into tangible terms, which is particularly useful in empirical research focused on measuring and evaluating the usability of mobile applications.INDEX TERMS model, usability, mobile application, meta-analysis, review

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Usability of Mobile Applications: A Consolidated Model

Weichbroth

2024

IEEE Access

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“…These criteriaalong with the expected test outputs are defined by the tester inINT style. Test execution: Tests selected by the testerare executed and the failures found are recorded. The treatment oflife cycle events in test execution is related to the sequences ofsteps defined by some test criteria from development best practicesfor mobile applications [12]. Essentially, these tests consist in the generation of events thatactivate callback methods and the posterior verification of theapplication output, to detect for example, data loss failures.…”

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“…Our research area has been focused on the quality factors [12] and general aspects of mobile applications [13]. Software testing is governed by economic reasoning and the stakeholders accept that a price should be paid to avoid certain failure types.…”

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PLATEM: a method for mobile applications testing

Marinho

Resende

2017

IET softw.

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Mobile applications are becoming more and more pervasive. The increase in the amount of mobile applications is accompanied by a growing demand of quality. Software testing is considered an important activity in this context. The authors propose a method named platform for testing mobile applications (PLATEM) and its supporting tool, named PLATOOL, for assisting developers in the automation of system test. PLATEM and PLAtem supporting TOOL (PLATOOL) are able to deal with events of the mobile applications during the automation of system test. One important aspect of PLATEM and PLATOOL is to take advantage of the association of software quality assurance tests and test-driven design tests. Their initial results indicate a promising approach that can be improved and extended to other mobile platforms.

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