Abstract
The essence of usability evaluations is to produce feedback that supports the downstream utility so the interaction design can be improved and problems can be fixed. In practice, software development organizations experience several obstacles for conducting usability engineering. One suggested approach is to train and involve developers in all phases of usability activities from evaluations, to problem reporting, and making redesign proposals. Only limited work has previously investigated the impact of actively involving developers in usability engineering. In this paper, we present two small-scale case studies in which we investigate the developers’ experience of conducting usability evaluations and participating in a redesign workshop. In both case studies developers actively engaged in both activities. Per the developers, this approach supported problem understanding, severity ratings, and problem fixing. At the organizational level, we found that the attitude towards and understanding of the role of usability engineering improved.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017 : 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, September 25-29, 2017, Proceedings, Part IV |
| Editors | Regina Bernhaupt, Girish Dalvi, Anirudha Joshi, Devanuj K. Balkrishan, Jacki O'Neill, Marco Winckler |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Pages | 159-168 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-68058-3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-68059-0 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference - Mumbai, India Duration: 25 Sept 2017 → 29 Sept 2017 Conference number: 16 |
Conference
| Conference | 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference |
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| Number | 16 |
| Country/Territory | India |
| City | Mumbai |
| Period | 25/09/2017 → 29/09/2017 |
| Series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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| Volume | 10516 |
| ISSN | 0302-9743 |