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A Usability Inspection Approach to Assist in the Software Development Process

Authors:
Priscila Silva Fernandes
Bruno Araújo Bonifácio
Tayana Uchôa Conte

Keywords: usability inspection; novice inspectors; web application; experimental study

Abstract:
Several approaches have been proposed to ensure the quality of interactive systems. However, interactive systems continue to reach users with malfunctions, such as usability, communicability and interaction errors. Researches show that the lack of usability knowledge in software development organizations is an obstacle for usability evaluation. Our research goal is to popularize usability inspections so that even novice inspectors are able to perform it. Aiming to provide an approach to be used during the development process of web application, we have proposed the WE-QT technique. We are using an experimental methodology to evolve our technique and transfer it from the academy to industry. This paper presents a new comparative study; the results show that WE-QT technique is more efficient than and as effective as the compared technique.

Pages: 651 to 657

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: October 12, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-367-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 12, 2014 to October 16, 2014