Usability Evaluation In Industry

Jordan, Patrick W.; Thomas, Bill; McClelland, Ian; Weerdmeester, Bernard

doi:10.1201/9781498710411

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“…Though there is a considerable number of reports on the practice of ergonomics or usability in product development (e.g., Wiklund, 1994;Jordan et al, 1996;Lauesen, 1997;Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila and Ruuska, 2000;Bouwmeester and Stompff, 2006;Lee and Pan, 2007;Hendrick, 2008), a large part of this consists of descriptions of usability departments and development projects by usability specialists or designers employed by the company being described, and mostly studies are not anonymized. These are factors that may have lead to somewhat less critical descriptions in most insider accounts of human/user-centred design practice (Lindholm et al, 2003: p.vii;Steen, 2008: p.56).…”

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Usability in product development practice; an exploratory case study comparing four markets

2015

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This study explored how usability was dealt with in four product development organizations active in different sectors: high-end automotive, professional printers and copiers, office coffee makers and fast moving consumer goods. The primary differentiators of the selected cases were whether they were targeting businesses or consumers and the degree of product complexity. Interviews with 19 product development practitioners were conducted, focusing on three topics: 1) the product development process and the integration of user involvement, 2) multidisciplinary teamwork, and 3) organizational attitude towards usability. Based on the interviews, context descriptions of the companies were created and barriers and enablers for usability were identified. To verify the findings and to discuss remaining issues a feedback workshop was held in which the primary contact from each company participated. The results indicate that differences in product-market combination lead to differences in organizational attitude towards usability. The prioritization of usability in an organization seems to be influenced by the degree of product complexity (complex products are more prone to suffer from usability issues) and whether developers think that usability is a purchase consideration for their clients. The product-market combination a company targets also affects the methods for user-centred design that a company can apply and that are relevant. What methods for user-centred design are used also seems to be influenced by the attitude towards usability: if usability is considered more important, methods that require more resources can be applied.

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Usability in product development practice; an exploratory case study comparing four markets

2015

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“…Una mala arquitectura de la información es la piedra con la que tropiezan los usuarios cuando buscan cualquier tipo de contenido, por lo tanto les impide llegar a realizar otras tareas (Nielsen, 2009). La evaluación de la usabilidad es un área compleja desde el momento en que la medición de la usabilidad depende de cómo se defina usabilidad (Jordan et al, 1996). Y dentro de este proceso de definición es imposible especificar el valor de la usabilidad de un sistema, o dicho de otro modo cómo cumple con su función, sin determinar quienes van a ser los usuarios del mismo, las tareas que deben realizar con el sistema así como los principales aspectos del entorno (organizativo, social u otros) en que será utilizado.…”

Section: La Usabilidad Un Atributo Relevante Para Un Producto Digitalunclassified

Estudio de la usabilidad web en marcas de moda españolas mediante la herramienta de análisis heurístico Sirius

Rodríguez

Haro

Somalo

2017

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“…Inicialmente, a usabilidade se destacou entre ergonomistas que estavam envolvidos com projetos de computadores e programas mas, com o passar dos tempos, também passou a ser objeto de estudo de outras áreas (JORDAN et al 1996), deixando de se preocupar apenas com os aspectos da interface, mas considerando tanto o desempenho humano quanto os aspectos subjetivos da percepção humana (DILLON, 2001;HAN et al 2001).…”

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Teste De Usabilidade Em Veículos Off-Road: Estudo De Caso Com Bajas

Bonfim¹,

Neves²,

Mangialardo³

et al. 2016

Blucher Engineering Proceedings

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RESUMOO presente estudo baseou-se em um teste de usabilidade com usuários universitários e experientes na condução de veículos bajas. Os objetos de estudo foram dois bajas desenvolvidos pela equipe PAC Baja da Unesp-Bauru. O objetivo foi identificar possíveis diferenças quanto à configuração dos veículos, levando em consideração os critérios de engenharia e design. Os resultados apontam que não houve diferença entre os produtos avaliados, o que levou a equipe a iniciar o desenvolvimento de um novo baja com ênfase nas deficiências encontradas no estudo. ABSTRACTThis study was based on a usability test with university students, who were experienced in conducting bajas. The objects of study were two bajas developed by the team PAC Baja from Unesp-Bauru. The aim was to identify potential differences in the configuration of the vehicle, taking into account the engineering and design criteria. The results showed that there was no difference between the products, which led the team to start the development of a new baja emphasizing the shortcomings found in the study.

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Usability Evaluation In Industry

Cited by 557 publications

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Usability in product development practice; an exploratory case study comparing four markets

Usability in product development practice; an exploratory case study comparing four markets

Estudio de la usabilidad web en marcas de moda españolas mediante la herramienta de análisis heurístico Sirius

Teste De Usabilidade Em Veículos Off-Road: Estudo De Caso Com Bajas

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