A survey of usability capability maturity models: Implications for practice and research

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-282

  Jokela, Timo ^a   Siponen, Mikko ^a   Hirasawa, Naotake ^b   Earthy, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OTARU UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

^c LLOYD'S REGISTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES;

DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION; USABILITY CAPABILITY; USABILITY CAPABILITY MATURITY (UCM); USER-CENTRED DESIGN (UCD);

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646443366     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500168079     Document Type: Review

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