Analysis in usability evaluations: An exploratory study

NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 647-650

  Følstad, Asbjørn ^a   Law, Effie Lai Chong ^b   Hornbæk, Kasper ^c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analysis; Interview; Thinking aloud; Usability evaluation; Usability inspection; Usability professionals

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; THINKING ALOUD; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY INSPECTION; USABILITY PROFESSIONALS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 78650129371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1868914.1868995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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