Usability and functionality: A comparison of project managers' and potential users' evaluations

IEEM 2009 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2019-2023

  Bayraktaroglu, A E ^a   Calisir, F ^a   Gumussoy, C A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Functionality; Software design; Usability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL NETWORK PROCESS; DESIGN PROCESS; FUNCTIONALITY; POTENTIAL USERS; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT SUCCESS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77949514392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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