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Title Usability Evaluation In Industry / edited by Patrick W. Jordan, Bruce Thomas and Ian L. McClelland
Published London ; Bristol, PA : CRC Press LLC : CRC Press, 2014

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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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 27, 2018)
Subject New products -- Evaluation
Commercial products -- Evaluation
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Commercial products -- Evaluation
New products -- Evaluation
Produktbewertung
Ergonomie.
Mens-machine-systemen.
Produits nouveaux.
Produits commerciaux.
Form Electronic book
Author Jordan, Patrick W., editor.
Thomas, B
McClelland, Ian Lyall
Weerdmeester, Bernard
ISBN 9781498710411
1498710417