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Methods and tools in user-centered design for information technology /
This book is concerned with the development of human factorsinputs to software design. The aim is to create products whichmatch the requirements and characteristics of users and whichoffer usable user interfaces. The HUFIT project - Human Factorsin Information Technology - was carried out within the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; London :
North-Holland,
1992.
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| Colección: | Human factors in information technology ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Methods and Tools in User-Centred Design for Information Technology; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction Margaret Galer & Susan Harker; 1.1 The background to the HUFIT project; 1.2 The issues addressed by the HUFIT project; 1.3 The structure and contents of the book; 1.4 References; Section 1: Supporting the Design Process From Conception to Use; Chapter 2. Human Factors Tools for Designers of Information Technology Products; 2.1 Introduction
- user-centred design in the system developmentprocess
- 2.2 The Planning, Analysis and Specification (PAS) Toolset2.3 The User Computer Interface Design Tool; 2.4 The HUFIT training seminars; 2.5 The Documentation Toolset; 2.6 QED
- Quick Ergonomie Design; 2.7 Conclusion; 2.8 References; Chapter 3. An Ergonomics Framework for User Activity Centred Software Design; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Analysis of work activity and software design in a suppliercontext; 3.3 ""Course of Action"": a theoretical and methodologicalframework for analysing the characteristics of user workactivity; 3.4 From analysis of Course of Action to software design; 3.5 Conclusion
- 3.6 ReferencesChapter 4. The SANE Toolkit for Cognitive Modelling and User-Centred Design Tom B�osser & Elke-Maria Melchior; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Task analysis and task modelling; 4.3 Models of user knowledge; 4.4 The SANE toolkit; 4.5 A scenario for using the SANE toolkit; 4.6 Conclusion; 4.7 Further development of SANE; 4.8 References; Chapter 5. Product Usability Nadia Bertaggia, Gianni Montagnini, Francesco Novara &Oronzo Parlangeli; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Usability issues; 5.3 Testing in a commercial environment; 5.4 The organisational context for usability management
- 5.5 Development of the usability evaluation methodology5.6 A methodology for experimental design, data collection anddata analysis; 5.7 A case study of the methodology in use; 5.8 Bridging the gap; 5.9 General conclusions; 5.10 References; Chapter 6. The Computer Human Factors Database Kathryn Phillips & Margaret Galer; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The development of the Computer Human Factors Database; 6.3 Tools to aid retrieval from the Database; 6.4 The structure of the Database; 6.5 Performing a search on the Database; 6.6 The development of the user interface
- 6.7 A typical search on the Computer Human Factors Database6.8 A computer human factors information service; 6.9 Conclusion; 6.10 References; Section 2: Developments in Interface Design; Chapter 7. Design of Dialogues for Human-Computer Interaction Peter Haubner; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Design and evaluation of user interfaces; 7.3 Perspectives; 7.4 References; Chapter 8. Direct Manipulation User Interface Claus G�orner, Paulus Vossen & J�urgen Ziegler; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Characteristics of direct manipulation; 8.3 Empirical studies of direct manipulation interaction; 8.4 Design guidelines