In this article, we cover where ISO Part 11 came from and where it seems to be going. The term usability existed well before the s ; for example, it appeared as a key feature in a refrigerator advertisement in the Palm Beach Post on March 8, The modern industrial use of the term started in the late s.
Related terms from that time were user friendliness and ease of use , both of which usability has since displaced in professional and technical writing on the topic. There are two major conceptions of usability : measurement-based goals summative evaluation versus detection and elimination of problems formative or diagnostic evaluations.
Where did the defining begin? Starting in the early s, the goal of the European MUSiC project was to develop specific usability measurement methods for the high-level constructs of effectiveness , efficiency , and satisfaction.
Attempts to measure these constructs did not start with MUSiC. Systematic collection of task completion rates , task completion times , and sometimes satisfaction had been common in industrial usability testing since the early s. IBM conducted an internal competitive usability testing project named SUMS System Usability MetricS in the late s that collected usability benchmarks of success rates, completion times, and satisfaction for three office software suites, with the SUMS data used to develop one of the first standardized usability questionnaires, the PSSUQ.
The MUSiC project was, however, one of the first, if not the first, comprehensive public investigations into the systematic collection of what we now think of as prototypical usability metrics. This empirical work was conducted to support the development of ISO , which had its first draft in One of the early work efforts in the MUSiC project Rengger, was the production of a list of potential usability measurements.
It also means that they can contribute equally without barriers. For more information, see the Accessibility introduction. Usability : is about designing products to be effective, efficient, and satisfying. Usability includes user experience design. This may include general aspects that impact everyone and do not disproportionally impact people with disabilities.
Usability practice and research often does not sufficiently address the needs of people with disabilities. Inclusion : is about diversity, and ensuring involvement of everyone to the greatest extent possible. In some regions this is also referred to as universal design and design for all. It addresses a broad range of issues including:.
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If you liked this, try…. Steve Jobs on 6 key principles of user experience. Keywords: ethnography, focus groups, guidelines, task scenarios, usability testing. Buy this standard. Abstract Preview ISO provides a framework for understanding the concept of usability and applying it to situations where people use interactive systems, and other types of systems including built environments , and products including industrial and consumer products and services including technical and personal services.
ISO - explains that usability is an outcome of use; - defines key terms and concepts; - identifies the fundamentals of usability; and - explains the application of the concept of usability.
The most common applications of this document are in design and evaluation. Status : Published.
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