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The obstacles and myths of usability and software engineering

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Avoiding the usability pitfalls involved in managing the software development life cycle.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 12
        The Blogosphere
        December 2004
        93 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1035134
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