Usability inspection methods

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Usability inspection methods

edited by Jakob Nielsen and Robert L. Mack

Wiley, c1994

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-400) and indexes

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Description

Computer Science/Computers-Human Interaction Usability Inspection Methods is the first comprehensive, book-length work in this important new field. Designed to get you quickly up and running with the full complement of UI strategies, tools, and techniques, this extremely practical guide offers you a unique opportunity to learn them from the women and men who invented them. With the help of numerous real-life case studies, the authors give you: Step-by-step guidance on all important methods now in use, including the heuristic evaluation method, the pluralistic walkthrough method, the cognitive walkthrough method, and more Proven techniques for integrating usability inspections with other methods now in use An in-depth, comparative analysis of UI versus user testing A cost-benefit analysis of UI as compared to other approaches Program prototypes that provide UI computer support for interface designers An important resource for user interface developers, software designers, as well as graduate students and researchers

Table of Contents

  • Partial table of contents:
  • Executive Summary (R. Mack & J. Nielsen).
  • Heuristic Evaluation (J. Nielsen).
  • The Pluralistic Usability Walkthrough: Coordinated Empathies (R. Bias).
  • The Cognitive Walkthrough Method: A Practitioner's Guide (C. Wharton, et al.).
  • Formal Usability Inspections (M. Kahn & A. Prail).
  • A Comparison of User Interface Evaluation Methods (C.--M.
  • Karat).
  • Adding Value to Usability Testing (P. Brooks).
  • Observing, Predicting, and Analyzing Usability Problems (R. Mack & F. Montaniz).
  • The Role of Psychological Theory in Usability Inspection Methods (C. Wharton & C. Lewis).
  • Interface Design Guidance Systems (L. Blatt & J. Knutson).
  • Bibliography.
  • Indexes.

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