Usability Engineering

About Usability Engineering

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What Is Usability?

Usability is a combination of factors that effect the user’s experience with the product. These factors include:

  • Usefulness of the product

The degree to which a product enables a user to do his work and achieve his goals.

  • Learnability

The measure of how rapidly a user can become productive. A measure of how rapidly an infrequent user can re-learn the product after periods of not using it.

  • Effectiveness

The measure of user productivity and how well a user can perform his job.

  • Efficiency

The measure of how quickly a user can perform work and the error rate in doing so. Minimizes chance for user errors. Undo/Re-Do, Esc, Short-Cuts available.

  • Satisfaction (Attitude)

The degree to which users like the product. Measurement of attitude, perceptions, and feelings about the product.


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