Training software developers and designers to conduct usability evaluations
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Training software developers and designers to conduct usability evaluations
Many efforts to improve the interplay between usability evaluation and software development rely either on better methods for conducting usability evaluations or on better formats for presenting evaluation results in ways that are useful for software designers and developers. Both of these approaches depend on a complete division of work between developers and evaluators. This article takes a d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behaviour & Information Technology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0144-929X,1362-3001
DOI: 10.1080/01449290903398208