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Portable usability laboratory

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posted on 2017-09-26, 15:29 authored by Timothy J. Hewson, Martin MaguireMartin Maguire
Usability laboratories have seemingly become a prerequisite for any organisation claiming a legitimate user-centred design philosophy. They stand to represent a tangible investment in usability, are perfect for guided tours for senior management or prospective clients, and often serve as the focal point for the human factors group, whose role is often misunderstood. The original purpose of the usability laboratory however, should not be overlooked. For an organisation with a development process incorporating user­-centred design techniques, it is a means of formally evaluating a product or prototype in order to assess its 'usability' with a number of prospective users, before costly investment in a misguided development effort.

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  • Design

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Interface Technology - The Leading Edge

Pages

180 - 196 (16)

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HEWSON, T. and MAGUIRE, M., 1999. Portable usability laboratory. IN: Cook, M. and Noyes, J. (eds.). Interface technology: the leading edge. (Industrial control, computers, and communications series ; 16.) Baldock: Research Studies Press, pp.195-216.

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Research Studies Press (© Blackwell)

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

1999

ISBN

9780863802331;0863802338

Language

  • en

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