Lessons learned from discount usability engineering for the federal government

Proceedings/STC, Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 333-338

  Jones, Colleen Pettit ^a  

^a Division of Analysis Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TECHNICAL WRITING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; WEB COMMUNICATIONS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038602672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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