The designer as user: building requirements for design tools from design practice
Communications of the ACM
Implications of current design practice for the use of HCI techniques
Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the British Computer Society on People and computers IV
Safeware: system safety and computers
Safeware: system safety and computers
Transferring HCI modelling and design techniques to practitioners: a framework and empirical work
HCI '94 Proceedings of the conference on People and computers IX
Multidisciplinary modelling in HCI design…in theory and in practice
CHI '95 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Usability in practice: formative usability evaluations - evolution and revolution
CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Design practice and interface usability: Evidence from interviews with designers
CHI '83 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Evaluating usability methods: why the current literature fails the practitioner
interactions - The digital muse: HCI in support of creativity
SAICSIT '03 Proceedings of the 2003 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on Enablement through technology
What do usability evaluators do in practice?: an explorative study of think-aloud testing
DIS '06 Proceedings of the 6th conference on Designing Interactive systems
Human-computer interaction: A stable discipline, a nascent science, and the growth of the long tail
Interacting with Computers
Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems
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Motivation -- To address a knowledge gap in why usability evaluation methods (UEMs) are adopted and adapted in professional usability practice. Research approach -- The approach is qualitative. A grounded theory of usability practitioners is being developed. 10 interviews have been conducted in the website domain; and a similar study has begun in the safety-critical domain. These studies will be compared and combined to produce a more general theory. Findings/Design -- Findings suggest UEM adoption and adaptation cannot be fully understood devoid of context. So their fit with a broader system of usability practice has to be established. Results suggest that usability practice can be thought of as a plug and play component to fit a wider design and business process. A Positive Functional Resonance Model could provide leverage in explaining how UEMs are adopted and adapted to fit into the wider system of usability practice, to maximise potential under constrained resources. Originality/Value -- An explanation of UEM use through functional resonance provides understanding of UEM adoption and adaptation in practice. Take away message -- Valuing UEMs using problem identification as a measure is highly limited. UEM adoption and adaptation should be explained within the broader context of the design and business process.