Usability case – integrating usability evaluations in design

Marja Liinasuo; Leena Norros

Usability case – integrating usability evaluations in design

Marja Liinasuo
, Leena Norros

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper we present a new method for usability evaluation. The method, Usability Case, defines usability of a particular system by a documented chain of inference including claims, arguments and evidence. With the help of this structure, repeated measurements can be accumulated and integrated. Usability Case is a tool for implementing usability in design, striving for downstream utility of usability evaluations. It is also a tool for monitoring human factors engineering in a complex design process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	COST294-MAUSE Workshop - Downstream Utility
Subtitle of host publication	The Good, the Bad, and the Utterly Useless Usability Evaluation Feedback
Editors	Effie L-C Law, Marta Kristin Lárusdóttir, Mie Nørgaard
Place of Publication	Toulouse
Pages	11-13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-2-917490-01-3
Publication status	Published - 2007
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	COST294-MAUSE Workshop - Downstream Utility: The Good, the Bad, and the Utterly Useless Usability Evaluation Feedback - Toulouse, France Duration: 6 Nov 2007 → 6 Nov 2007

Workshop

Workshop	COST294-MAUSE Workshop - Downstream Utility
Country/Territory	France
City	Toulouse
Period	6/11/07 → 6/11/07

Keywords

systems usability
complex systems
usability case

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Usability case – integrating usability evaluations in design. / Liinasuo, Marja; Norros, Leena.
COST294-MAUSE Workshop - Downstream Utility: The Good, the Bad, and the Utterly Useless Usability Evaluation Feedback. ed. / Effie L-C Law; Marta Kristin Lárusdóttir; Mie Nørgaard . Toulouse, 2007. p. 11-13.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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