Task-based usability testing and performance measurements over the internet
(2020) MAMM01 20192Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
- Abstract
- User-centered design and usability engineering are two concepts that both
roughly date back to the 1990s, and both of which have had a large impact
on the practices of software-engineering and the field of software-design.
How much effort is required to take these concepts and apply them, without
much prior experience, to today's interconnected and geographically
distributed working environment?
Not much actually, by leveraging Python and Flask, this report demonstrates
that it is possible for a software-developer with little prior knowledge, to
build and deploy the functional foundation of an web-based
usability-testing-platform, accessible through any browser, that allowed 81
participants to run a total of 698 task-based... (More) - User-centered design and usability engineering are two concepts that both
roughly date back to the 1990s, and both of which have had a large impact
on the practices of software-engineering and the field of software-design.
How much effort is required to take these concepts and apply them, without
much prior experience, to today's interconnected and geographically
distributed working environment?
Not much actually, by leveraging Python and Flask, this report demonstrates
that it is possible for a software-developer with little prior knowledge, to
build and deploy the functional foundation of an web-based
usability-testing-platform, accessible through any browser, that allowed 81
participants to run a total of 698 task-based test-scenarios over the span of
five days.
Additionally, by conducting some initial interviews about current usability
issues. Using this information as the basis for the aforementioned
test-scenarios, you now have the building blocks for a online-accessible
usability-testing-platform providing insight into real-world usability
problems, ready for use in any modern software industry, such as game
development. (Less)
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http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9021936
- author
- Eng, Stefan LU
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- course
- MAMM01 20192
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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- language
- English
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- 9021936
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- 2020-06-25 13:27:16
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- 2020-06-25 13:27:16
@misc{9021936,
abstract = {{User-centered design and usability engineering are two concepts that both
roughly date back to the 1990s, and both of which have had a large impact
on the practices of software-engineering and the field of software-design.
How much effort is required to take these concepts and apply them, without
much prior experience, to today's interconnected and geographically
distributed working environment?
Not much actually, by leveraging Python and Flask, this report demonstrates
that it is possible for a software-developer with little prior knowledge, to
build and deploy the functional foundation of an web-based
usability-testing-platform, accessible through any browser, that allowed 81
participants to run a total of 698 task-based test-scenarios over the span of
five days.
Additionally, by conducting some initial interviews about current usability
issues. Using this information as the basis for the aforementioned
test-scenarios, you now have the building blocks for a online-accessible
usability-testing-platform providing insight into real-world usability
problems, ready for use in any modern software industry, such as game
development.}},
author = {{Eng, Stefan}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Task-based usability testing and performance measurements over the internet}},
year = {{2020}},
}