Distributed and automated usability testing of low-fidelity prototypes

Proceedings - 2010 Agile Conference, AGILE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 59-66

  Hosseini Khayat, Ali ^a   Hellmann, Theodore D ^a   Maurer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agile; Prototyping; Usability testing

Indexed keywords

AGILE; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PROTOTYPING; REMOTE EVALUATION; TOOL SUPPORT; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY TESTING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN; VISUALIZATION;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 77958007912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AGILE.2010.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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