Synthesis-Oriented Situational Analysis in User Interface Design

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dc.contributor.authorMayo, Kevin A.en
dc.contributor.authorHartson, H. Rexen
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-19T14:36:47Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-19T14:36:47Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.description.abstractAnalytic evaluation is a term describing a class of techniques for examining a representation of a user interface design, discovering design flaws and/or predicting user task performance. In our work with analytic evaluation, we have observed limitations on the effectiveness and efficiency of analytic techniques for formative evaluation supporting the iterative design and re-design cycle. Here we support those observations with arguments based on theoretical limitations of the models underlying these techniques. By way of comparison we discuss desirable characteristics for an alternative approach. In our search for such an alternative, we have developed the Task Mapping Model, a substantively different approach to analysis for supporting the user interface design. We briefly describe the Task Mapping Model and give some examples illustrating its desirable characteristics.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000362/en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000362/01/TR-93-20.pdfen
dc.identifier.trnumberTR-93-20en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/19842en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofHistorical Collection(Till Dec 2001)en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.titleSynthesis-Oriented Situational Analysis in User Interface Designen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
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