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Usability Engineering: Scenario-Based Development of Human-Computer Interaction
Mary Beth Rosson,John M. Carroll +1 more
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Usability Engineering: Scenario-Based Development of Human-Computer Interaction as discussed by the authors focuses on the realities of product development, showing how user interaction scenarios can make usability practices an integral part of interactive system development.Abstract:
Usability Engineering: Scenario-Based Development of Human-Computer Interaction is a radical departure from traditional books that emphasize theory and address experts. This book focuses on the realities of product development, showing how user interaction scenarios can make usability practices an integral part of interactive system development. As you'll learn, usability engineering is not the application of inflexible rules; it's a process of analysis, prototyping, and problem solving in which you evaluate tradeoffs, make reasoned decisions, and maximize the overall value of your product.read more
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Scenario-based design
Mary Beth Rosson,John M. Carroll +1 more
TL;DR: Open up the design process to the intended users and descriptions of their projected use entail many technical issues and people need to be able to assess design alternatives with use-oriented criteria and to integrate and coordinate such assessments with those that they make on traditional grounds.
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Cognitive, physical, sensory, and functional affordances in interaction design
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