Handbook of Usability Testing
Subtitle: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Wiley
Published: June 3, 2008
Place of publication: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780470185483
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: General Theory of Computing; Instrument Science; Medical Instrumentation; Technology & Engineering; Science/Mathematics; User Interfaces; Computers / User Interfaces; Instruments & Supplies; Machinery; Mensuration
Description: "This fully revised handbook, a leading resource since 1994, provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to help you test your product for usability. Completely updated with current industry best practices and more varied examples, it can give you that all-important marketplace advantage: products that perform the way users expect."--Jacket.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xi; label: Foreword
pagenum: xxix; label: Preface to the Second Edition
pagenum: xxxiii; label: Part One
title: Usability Testing: An Overview; label: Chapter 1
title: What Makes Something Usable?
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter 2
title: What is Usability Testing?
pagenum: 21; label: Chapter 3
title: When Should You Test?
pagenum: 27; label: Chapter 4
title: Skills for Test Moderators
pagenum: 45; label: Part Two
title: The Process for Conducting a Test; label: Chapter 5
title: Develop the Test Plan
pagenum: 65; label: Chapter 6
title: Set Up a Testing Environment
pagenum: 93; label: Chapter 7
title: Find and Select Participants
pagenum: 115; label: Chapter 8
title: Prepare Test Materials
pagenum: 153; label: Chapter 9
title: Conduct the Test Sessions
pagenum: 201; label: Chapter 10
title: Debrief the Participant and Observer
pagenum: 229; label: Chapter 11
title: Analyze Data and Observations
pagenum: 245; label: Chapter 12
title: Report Findings and Recommendations
pagenum: 269; label: Part Three
title: Advanced Techniques; label: Chapter 13
title: Variation on the Basic Methods
pagenum: 293; label: Chapter 14
title: Expanding from Usability Testing to Designing the User Experience
pagenum: 315; label: Afterword
pagenum: 333; label: Index
pagenum: 335