User interface inspection methods : a user-centered design method / Chauncey Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Chauncey.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

User interfaces (Computer systems)--Evaluation.

User interfaces (Computer systems).

User-centered system design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 128 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Morgan Kaufmann, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

User Interface Inspection Methods succinctly covers five inspection methods: heuristic evaluation, perspective-based user interface inspection, cognitive walkthrough, pluralistic walkthrough, and formal usability inspections. Heuristic evaluation is perhaps the best-known inspection method, requiring a group of evaluators to review a product against a set of general principles. The perspective-based user interface inspection is based on the principle that different perspectives will find different problems in a user interface. In the related persona-based inspection, colleagu

Contents:

Front Cover; User Interface Inspection Methods; Copyright Page; Contents; Inspections and Walkthroughs; Which Method Should You Use?; 1 Heuristic Evaluation; Overview of Heuristic Evaluation; When Should You Use Heuristic Evaluation?; Strengths; Weaknesses; What Resources Do You Need to Conduct a Heuristic Evaluation?; Personnel, Participants, and Training; Hardware and Software; Documents and Materials; Procedures and Practical Advice on the Heuristic Evaluation Method; Planning a Heuristic Evaluation Session; Conducting a Heuristic Evaluation; After the Heuristic Evaluations by Individuals

Variations and Extensions of the Heuristic Evaluation MethodThe Group Heuristic Evaluation with Minimal Preparation; Crowdsourced Heuristic Evaluation; Participatory Heuristic Evaluation; Cooperative Evaluation; Heuristic Walkthrough; HE-Plus Method; Major Issues in the Use of the Heuristic Evaluation Method; How Does the UX Team Generate Heuristics When the Basic Set Is Not Sufficient?; Do Heuristic Evaluations Find "Real" Problems?; Does Heuristic Evaluation Lead to Better Products?; How Much Does Expertise Matter?

Should Inspections and Walkthroughs Highlight Positive Aspects of a Product's UI?Individual Reliability and Group Thoroughness; Data, Analysis, and Reporting; Conclusions; 2 The Individual Expert Review; Overview of the Individual Expert Review; Strengths; Weaknesses; What Do You Need to Use the Individual Expert Review?; Personnel, Participants, and Training; Hardware and Software; Documents and Materials; Procedures and Practical Advice on the Individual Expert Review Method; Planning and Developing the Individual Expert Review Method; Conducting an Individual Expert Review

After the Individual Expert ReviewVariations and Extensions to the Individual Expert Review; Categorical Inspections; Major Issues in the Use of the Individual Expert Review; Telling Colleagues That Your Review Is Not Likely to Find All the Serious Problems; Triangulation; Data, Analysis, and Reporting; Conclusions; 3 Perspective-Based UI Inspection; Overview of Perspective-Based UI Inspections; When Should You Use a Perspective-Based Inspection?; Strengths; Weaknesses; What Do You Need to Use the Perspective-Based Inspection?; Personnel, Participants, and Training; Hardware and Software

Documents and MaterialsProcedures and Practical Advice on the Perspective-Based Inspection; Planning and Developing the Perspective-Based Inspection; Conducting the Perspective-Based Inspection; After the Perspective-Based Inspection; Variations and Extensions to the Perspective-Based Inspection Method; Persona-Based Inspections; The Structured Heuristic Evaluation Method; Major Issues in the Use of the Perspective-Based Inspections Method; What Perspectives Should I Use?; Data, Analysis, and Reporting; Conclusions; Bibliography; 4 Cognitive Walkthrough; Overview of the Cognitive Walkthrough

When Should You Use the Cognitive Walkthrough?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 10, 2013).

ISBN:

9780124104488

0124104487

OCLC:

864414798