Use and usefulness of HCI methods: Results from an exploratory study among nordic HCI practitioners

People and Computers XIX - The Bigger Picture, Proceedings of HCI 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 201-217

  Bark, Ida ^a,b   Følstad, Asbjørn ^a   Gulliksen, Jan ^b  

^a SINTEFy   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Professionals; Prototyping; Survey; Usability; User centred design methods

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SURVEYING;

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EVALUATION; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; EXPLORATORY SURVEYS; PRACTITIONER SURVEYS; PROFESSIONALS; USABILITY; USABILITY PROFESSIONALS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 34547307750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/1-84628-249-7_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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