• DocumentCode
    2478474
  • Title

    How to conduct your own usability study

  • Author

    Ricks, Kristina ; Arnoldy, Beverly A.

  • Author_Institution
    Timberline Software Corp., Beaverton, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    115
  • Lastpage
    126
  • Abstract
    Based upon audience response from our presentation "From Technical Writer to Usability Professional: Transitioning from the Known into the Unknown" at the Region 7 STC conference in Portland in October 2001, we found that our audience also wanted to know how to prepare, facilitate, and analyze the results of a usability study. We propose to do a hands-on session in which the session attendees will learn the basic techniques to run a usability study on their own. We provide sample usability study documents they can use.
  • Keywords
    human factors; system documentation; technical presentation; user interfaces; product development; technical communication; technical writer; test plan; testing; usability professional; usability study; Costs; Documentation; Engineering profession; Feedback; Oceans; Product development; Region 7; Seminars; Testing; Usability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Professional Communication Conference, 2002. IPCC 2002. Proceedings. IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7591-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.2002.1049095
  • Filename
    1049095