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Chapter 5a - Mobile App Development
Chapter 5a - Mobile App Development
Mobile
Application
Development
SSK4307
Semester I 2022/2023
1. User • AKA human-centered design (HCD) process.
Centered • Approach to interactive system development
Design • Focuses specifically on making systems usable.
• Mapping
What the user expects to happen when they interact with the interface is
exactly what should happen.
• Visibility
Important information should be the most visible and less important
information should be less visible.
Understanding the user's goals is critical.
• Feedback
User should always be in control of the interface and not the other way
around.
• Consistency
Like-items should always be displayed and act the same way
… cont. across the entire application (and even between applications).
UI standards.
• Satisfaction
How much the user enjoys or dislikes using the software
5. Usability Evaluation
• Conduct usability evaluation on the
final design.
• Work with the design and development
team to improve the product based on
evaluation results.
• Repeat this process (production
iteration) until the
organizational/business goals are met.
• Methods:
Heuristics evaluation
Cognitive walkthrough
Pluralistic Walkthrough / Design review
5.1 Heuristic Evaluation
• Formative
Problem-finding during development.
• Summative
Measure against specific goals when development is complete.
• In practice there isn’t always a clear distinction, and you should use
quantitative metrics in both types.