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UsabML: formalising the exchange of usability findings

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Johannes Feiner,

Elmar KrajncAuthors Info & Claims

EICS '10: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems

Pages 297 - 302

https://doi.org/10.1145/1822018.1822065

Published: 19 June 2010 Publication History

Abstract

During the iterative development of interactive software, formative evaluation is often performed to find and fix usability problems early on. The output of a formative evaluation usually takes the form of a prioritised list of usability findings, each finding typically consisting of a description of the problem, how often it occurred, and sometimes a recommendation for a possible solution.

Unfortunately, the valuable results of formative evaluations are usually collected into a written document. This makes it extremely difficult to automate the handling of usability findings. A more formalised, electronic format for the handover of usability findings would make much more sense.

UsabML is a formalised structure for reporting usability findings expressed in XML. It allows usability experts and software engineers to import usability findings into bug (issue) tracking systems, to associate usability issues with parts of source code, and to track progress in fixing them.

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Feiner JAndrews K(2018)RepoVis: Visual Overviews and Full-Text Search in Software Repositories2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00009(1-11)Online publication date: Sep-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00009
Schneidermeier T(2015)Lessons Learned in Usability ConsultingDesign, User Experience, and Usability: Design Discourse10.1007/978-3-319-20886-2_24(247-255)Online publication date: 21-Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20886-2_24
Feiner JAndrews K(2012)Usability reporting with UsabMLProceedings of the 4th international conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-34347-6_26(342-351)Online publication date: 29-Oct-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-34347-6_26

Index Terms

UsabML: formalising the exchange of usability findings
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging

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DOI:10.1145/1822018

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Feiner JAndrews K(2018)RepoVis: Visual Overviews and Full-Text Search in Software Repositories2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00009(1-11)Online publication date: Sep-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00009
Schneidermeier T(2015)Lessons Learned in Usability ConsultingDesign, User Experience, and Usability: Design Discourse10.1007/978-3-319-20886-2_24(247-255)Online publication date: 21-Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20886-2_24
Feiner JAndrews K(2012)Usability reporting with UsabMLProceedings of the 4th international conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-34347-6_26(342-351)Online publication date: 29-Oct-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-34347-6_26

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