Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software Systems
Usability is a fundamental quality characteristic for the success of an interactive system. It is a concept that includes a set of metrics and methods in order to obtain easy-to-learn and easy-to-use systems. Usability Evaluation Methods, UEM, are quite diverse; their application depends on variable...
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| author | Andrés Solano César A. Collazos Cristian Rusu Habib M. Fardoun |
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| description | Usability is a fundamental quality characteristic for the success of an interactive system. It is a concept that includes a set of metrics and methods in order to obtain easy-to-learn and easy-to-use systems. Usability Evaluation Methods, UEM, are quite diverse; their application depends on variables such as costs, time availability, and human resources. A large number of UEM can be employed to assess interactive software systems, but questions arise when deciding which method and/or combination of methods gives more (relevant) information. We propose Collaborative Usability Evaluation Methods, CUEM, following the principles defined by the Collaboration Engineering. This paper analyzes a set of CUEM conducted on different interactive software systems. It proposes combinations of CUEM that provide more complete and comprehensive information about the usability of interactive software systems than those evaluation methods conducted independently. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-70fb7e2ef4d8473bb9b29db452445fd22025-02-03T01:22:13ZengWileyAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction1687-58931687-59072016-01-01201610.1155/2016/40895204089520Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software SystemsAndrés Solano0César A. Collazos1Cristian Rusu2Habib M. Fardoun3Operations and Systems Department, Universidad Autonoma de Occidente, Cali, ColombiaSystems Department, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, ColombiaSchool of Informatics Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Valparaíso, ChileInformatics Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaUsability is a fundamental quality characteristic for the success of an interactive system. It is a concept that includes a set of metrics and methods in order to obtain easy-to-learn and easy-to-use systems. Usability Evaluation Methods, UEM, are quite diverse; their application depends on variables such as costs, time availability, and human resources. A large number of UEM can be employed to assess interactive software systems, but questions arise when deciding which method and/or combination of methods gives more (relevant) information. We propose Collaborative Usability Evaluation Methods, CUEM, following the principles defined by the Collaboration Engineering. This paper analyzes a set of CUEM conducted on different interactive software systems. It proposes combinations of CUEM that provide more complete and comprehensive information about the usability of interactive software systems than those evaluation methods conducted independently.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4089520 |
| spellingShingle | Andrés Solano César A. Collazos Cristian Rusu Habib M. Fardoun Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software Systems Advances in Human-Computer Interaction |
| title | Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software Systems |
| title_full | Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software Systems |
| title_fullStr | Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software Systems |
| title_short | Combinations of Methods for Collaborative Evaluation of the Usability of Interactive Software Systems |
| title_sort | combinations of methods for collaborative evaluation of the usability of interactive software systems |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4089520 |
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