Software operation time evaluation based on MTM

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 583-592

  Fernández Sanz, Luis ^a   Escribano, Juan José ^b   Hilera, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

MTM; Operation time measurement; Software usability; Web browser

Indexed keywords

JOB ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TIME MEASUREMENT; USER INTERFACES;

DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; ENGINEERING PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTERACTION AND INTERFACE DESIGNS; LEARNING CURVES; MTM; OPERATION TIME; OPERATION TIME MEASUREMENT; REPETITIVE TASKS; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS; SOFTWARE USABILITY; TASK ANALYSIS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 64849098138     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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