Prototype evaluation and redesign: Structuring the design space through contextual techniques

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 821-843

  Smith, Andy ^a   Dunckley, Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual inquiry; Developer user contextual evaluation; Interface design; LUCID; Team evidence analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; ITERATIVE METHODS; USER INTERFACES;

PARALLEL PROTOTYPING;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0036891209     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(02)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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