Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 422 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
Series |
Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies |
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Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Scenario-based usability engineering -- Analyzing requirements -- Activity design -- Information design -- interaction design -- Prototyping -- Usability evaluation -- User documentation -- Emerging paradigms for user interaction -- Usability engineering in practice. |
Summary |
You don't need to be convinced. You know that usability is key to the success of any interactive system-from commercial software to B2B Web sites to handheld devices. But you need skills to make usability part of your product development equation. How will you assess your users' needs and preferences? How will you design effective solutions that are grounded in users' current practices? How will you evaluate and refine these designs to ensure a quality product? Usability Engineering: Scenario-Based Development of Human-Computer Interaction is a radical departure from traditional books that emphasize theory and address experts. This book focuses on the realities of product development, showing how user interaction scenarios can make usability practices an integral part of interactive system development. As you'll learn, usability engineering is not the application of inflexible rules; it's a process of analysis, prototyping, and problem solving in which you evaluate tradeoffs, make reasoned decisions, and maximize the overall value of your product. * Written by prominent HCI educators who understand how to teach usability practices to students and professional developers. * Interleaves HCI theory and concepts with a running case study demonstrating their application. * Gradually elaborates the case study to introduce increasingly sophisticated usability engineering techniques. * Analyzes usability issues in realistic scenarios that describe existing or envisioned systems from the perspective of one or more users. * Emphasizes the real world of usability engineering-a world in which tradeoffs must be weighed and difficult decisions made to achieve desired results. * Includes a companion Web site which provides additional case studies in a multimedia format, along with a Java application for creating and editing scenarios. This site also provides instructors with sample syllabi, lecture slides and notes, in-class exercises, solutions to textbook exercises, additional project ideas, and links to other HCI resources. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Human-computer interaction.
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Human beings.
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Humans |
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User-Computer Interface |
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Attitude to Computers |
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Interaction personne-ordinateur.
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Êtres humains.
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Homo sapiens (species)
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COMPUTERS -- Interactive & Multimedia.
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COMPUTERS -- Social Aspects -- Human-Computer Interaction.
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Human-computer interaction
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Internet (impactos sociais)
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Interface homem-computador.
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Engenharia de programação.
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Added Author |
Carroll, John M. (John Millar), 1950-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Rosson, Mary Beth. Usability engineering. 1st ed. San Fancisco : Academic Press, 2002 1558607129 9781558607125 (DLC) 2001090605 (OCoLC)48580053 |
ISBN |
9781558607125 |
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1558607129 |
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9780080520308 (electronic bk.) |
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0080520308 (electronic bk.) |
Standard No. |
CHDSB 005989075 |
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CHNEW 001006922 |
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DEBBG BV039832249 |
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DEBBG BV042307611 |
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DEBBG BV043044762 |
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DEBSZ 400510332 |
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DEBSZ 422172383 |
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NZ1 12435543 |
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AU@ 000075197577 |
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