Agenda Usability Usability Testing Method Demo IX Lab Tour 02/15/2006 School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin 1/12 Usability and Testing: A method and lab demonstration Sheng-Cheng (Hans) Huang INF 385P Introduction to Usability School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
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Agenda Usability Usability Testing Method Demo IX Lab Tour
02/15/2006 School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin 1/12
Usability and Testing: A method and lab
demonstration
Sheng-Cheng (Hans) Huang
INF 385P Introduction to Usability
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
Agenda Usability Usability Testing Method Demo IX Lab Tour
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• What is usability?
• What should we do in usability testing?
• An example of usability testing.
• A tour to the IX lab.
Agenda
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• A tool that is user friendly to get things done.
• Designed with the users' psychology and physiology in mind (human factors and ergonamics)
• More efficient to use, more effective, easier to learn, and more satisfying to use.
• The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use. -- ISO 9241-11 (1998) Guidance on Usability
Usability
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Functionality, Utility
Effectiveness
Efficiency Satisfaction
Learnability, Memorability
Error-free, User-centered
The Three Components of Usability
Usability
Usability
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• A good tool that meets usability requirements:
Usability
Hammer Your Thoughts into Unity – W. B. Yeats
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Why do we need usability testing?
Usability Testing
VS.
We need to know which one is actually better!
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Another Reason: Save Money!
• An investment in usability engineering can produce a return on investment in the range of 3:1 to 100:1.
Usability Testing
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• Usability testing measures the usability of the object.
• Usability testing usually involves a controlled experiment.
• Uncover difficulties.
• Discover errors and areas of improvement.
Usability Testing
What is Usability Testing?
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• Experimental design
• Scenarios and tasks
• Participant recruitment (IRB, sample size)
• Performance measures: time on task, accuracy, and Recall