Formal usability testing - informing design

dc.contributor.author	Van Greunen, D
dc.contributor.author	Wesson, J
dc.contributor.editor	Renaud, K.
dc.contributor.editor	Kotze, P
dc.contributor.editor	Barnard, A
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-23T09:24:16Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-23T09:24:16Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.citation	Van Greunen, D. & Wesson, J (2001) Formal usability testing - informing design. Hardware, Software and Peopleware: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, University of South Africa, Pretoria, 25-28 September 2001	en
dc.identifier.isbn	1-86888-195-4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24754
dc.description.abstract	The goal of this paper is to discuss the role of usability testing in software development in South Africa. Throughout the software industry software engineers develop user interfaces (Ul) with little or no support from professional UI designers. As a consequence of this, commercial software often contains serious design errors. Producing a good computer system is not just about ensuring that both the computer and the human perform as efficiently as possible; in order to be usable it has to conform to ISO standards for usability. The results of formal usability testing can provide essential empirical information for the software design process that cannot be obtained using other usability evaluation methods.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Formal usability testing - informing design	en