Usability professionals-current practices and future development

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 568-600

  Gulliksen, Jan ^a   Boivie, Inger ^a   Göransson, Bengt ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Guide Redina   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design; Organisation; Practice; Profession; Role; Software development; Usability; User centred design

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ORGANISATION; PRACTICE; PROFESSION; ROLE; USER-CENTRED DESIGN;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33745160448     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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