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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Page 49 September 2011 Volume 36 Number 5 Reviews Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set...Test! Carol M. Barnum DOI: 10.1145/2020976.2021001 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2020976.2021001 Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set...Test! is written by Carol M. Barnum and published by Morgan Kaufmann, © 2011, (paperback), 978-0-12-375092-1, 382 pp., $49.95. As a Software Developer I sometimes take for granted my applications end-users. I like to think my applications are usable, but I never tested them for usability. My applications seem intuitive for me so I made that same assumption for others. This book provided me with new ways to look at my applications and their usability. This book provides the necessary information to plan, prepare and conduct usability tests. It is not geared towards any profession and could be applied by anybody looking to improve the usability ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Page 50 September 2011 Volume 36 Number 5 of their product. From evaluating the usefulness of an online course to the intuitiveness of setting an alarm clock I think you fill find this book applicable to many areas. The first quarter of the book starts by introducing the reader to usability testing terminology and methodologies. It goes on
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes – Association for Computing Machinery
Published: Sep 30, 2011
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