Title :
Evolving a Wizard to Support Inspection Process through Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Author :
Santos, Fábio ; Gomes, Marcos ; Oliveira, Horácio A B F ; Conte, Tayana
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Cienc. da Comput., Univ. Fed. do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Brazil
fDate :
Sept. 27 2010-Oct. 1 2010
Abstract :
Users\´ acceptability of a Web application relies strictly on this applications\´ usability. One of the main means of evaluating and improving the usability of a system is by carrying out inspections. In this paper, we propose the automation of this process throw an Assistant for Usability Inspection Process ("APIU"). We also evaluate the assistant by carrying out an experimental study. The data gathered by the study is analyzed quantitative and qualitatively, in which the qualitative analysis is done by using two complementary techniques: the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the Grounded Theory. At last, we present the changes we made in the proposed assistant based on the results of the experimental study.
Keywords :
consumer behaviour; program testing; software quality; software reusability; software tools; grounded theory; qualitative analysis; quantitative analysis; system usability; technology acceptance model; usability inspection process assistant; user acceptability; Analytical models; Bills of materials; Inspection; Manuals; Usability; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering (SBES), 2010 Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Salvador, Bahia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8917-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4273-7
DOI :
10.1109/SBES.2010.28
