| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N12800/01 |
| Title: |
USE-IT: COMPUTER-BASED SUPPORT TOOLS FOR USABILITY ENGINEERING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Peiris, Dr D |
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| Department: |
School of Computing |
| Organisation: |
University of Dundee |
| Scheme: |
Fast Stream |
| Starts: |
01 November 2000 |
Ends: |
30 April 2003 |
Value (£): |
47,412
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human-Computer Interactions |
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Information Technologies |
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The design and development of any project should be carried out with the end-users in mind, in particular in software development, users should be involved throughout. Standards for this process are specified in ISO 13407. However, determining the users' requirements and their qualitative satisfaction with the developing product are two major problems which arise, often due to the different backgrounds and perspectives of the different stakeholders, including the software engineer, the domain expert and the end-user.Computer-based interviewing has been found to a valuable tool in eliciting information, which can also enhance interpersonal communication afterwards. When used in applications of complex information exchange, a computer-based interview can enable a user to explore ideas and pass on information that they did not know they knew.The proposed research will build on the applicants' previous investigations into the computer simulation of interpersonal communication. The project will identify good practice techniques from usability engineering and computer-based interviewing and will simulate these in computer software. The package developed will be evaluated with industrial human factors experts and a usability engineering process which includes the use of this package will be developed.
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http://www.dundee.ac.uk |