ABSTRACT

Phase 3: Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

User feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Focusing on Requirements Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

The user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Contextual task analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Motivating and Justifying

Requirements Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

User Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Work Environment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Task Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Three key ingredients are necessary to ensure that usability is achieved during product development:

• Application of established design principles and guidelines;

• A structured methodology for design;

• Managerial and organizational techniques.