Evaluation criteria for assessing the usability of ERP systems

  • Authors:
  • Akash Singh;Janet Wesson

  • Affiliations:
  • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa;Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

It is widely acknowledged that enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems suffer from complex user interfaces. The complexity of these user interfaces negatively affects the usability of these systems. Current research has shown that a need exists to improve the overall usability of ERP systems. Specific methods and criteria for assessing the usability of ERP systems have not been developed or widely published. This paper proposes a set of heuristics which can be used to assess the usability of ERP systems. The proposed heuristics were verified by means of a case study involving a heuristic evaluation of an ERP system.