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What’s on today???
o What is usability?
o Why is usability important?
o How measuring usability?
What is poor usability?
o Is not a synonym of
usability
o Avoid this expression!
What is Usability???
ISO 9241-11:
o Errors: How many errors do users make, how severe are these
errors, and how easily can they recover from the errors?
b. Efficiency
Efficiency menjelaskan tingkat kecepatan pengguna
dalam menyelesaikan task-task setelah mereka
mempelajari hasil perancangan.
c. Memorability
Memorability menjelaskan tingkat kemudahan pengguna
dalam menggunakan rancangan dengan baik, setelah
beberapa lama tidak menggunakannya.
d. Errors
Errors menjelaskan jumlah error yang dilakukan oleh
pengguna, tingkat kejengkelan terhadap error dan cara
memperbaiki error.
e. Satisfaction
Satisfaction menjelaskan tingkat kepuasan pengguna dalam
menggunakan rancangan.
What is Usability???
Attributes of usability
User as starting point
Why usability is important?
o users will reject or work around systems that do not meet their
needs;
o or in a usability lab
When???
o Targeted users
o User persona
Get to know your users
o Error Rate
o All users make errors. The number and type of errors made
during the performance of a particular task by a user is
clearly an indication of the usability of the system
o Attitude Measures
o attitude of the user of a system usually has to be found by
using questionnaires or interviews. These measures can
cover complete system use, from learnability, to ease of
use, to functionality.
Measuring Usability
In usability testing…
o Don't help!
o Norman presented
Carelman’s
coffeepot as a
metaphor for the
many objects that
we use in our daily
lives that include
fundamental design
flaws.
Usability Project
o Part 1: Proposal
o A short description of what you plan to evaluate (2-3 lines is
enough)
o Method you plan to employ
o Names of group members
o Possible subjects for your evaluation
o Usability metrics you want to measure
o Part 2 - Report:
o Abstract (a short summary)
o A description of the specific software or product and its
aspects that are being evaluated.
o Be sure to what the specific goals are for your evaluation!
Just a subset of the system? Specific goals for this evaluation?
o Hypothesis what you expect from the testing
o A summary of your procedures/methods
o When, where, how did you do your evaluation? (Only enough
detail so I can see that you followed good procedures.)
o Also, what tasks did you ask the subject to do?
o it is OK if you include copies of the task descriptions you gave
the user
o (see next page)
Usability Project
o Part 2 - Report:
o Result Revealed from the usability testing
o Result summary (time, score, etc)
o Statistical analysis (to prove your hypothesis)
o Usability Defect
o Discussion
o Conclusion
o References (please state any reference you cited—can be
book, paper, etc)