A Usability Problem Inspection Tool: Development and Formative Evaluation

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dc.contributor.authorColaso, Vikranten
dc.contributor.committeechairHartson, H. Rexen
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCrickard, D. Scotten
dc.contributor.committeememberPérez-Quiñones, Manuel A.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:38:20Zen
dc.date.adate2003-06-20en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:38:20Zen
dc.date.issued2003-04-18en
dc.date.rdate2003-06-20en
dc.date.sdate2003-05-23en
dc.description.abstractUsability inspection methods of user interaction designs have gained importance as an alternative to traditional laboratory-based testing methods because of their cost-effectiveness. However, methods like the heuristic evaluation are ad-hoc, lacking a theoretical foundation. Other, more formal approaches like the cognitive walkthrough are tedious to perform and operate at a high-level, making it difficult to sub-classify problems. This research involves the development and formative evaluation of the Usability Problem Inspection tool — a cost-effective, structured, flexible usability inspection tool that uses the User Action Framework as an underlying knowledge base. This tool offers focused inspections guided by a particular task or a combination of tasks. It is also possible to limit the scope of inspection by applying filters or abstracting lower level details.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05232003-143928en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232003-143928/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33145en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartUsability_Problem_Inspection_tool-Vikrant_Colaso.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectUAFen
dc.subjectUEMen
dc.subjectUsability evaluation methoden
dc.subjectUPIen
dc.subjectUPI toolen
dc.titleA Usability Problem Inspection Tool: Development and Formative Evaluationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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