This paper investigates the relationship between software development methodologies and
usability. The point of departure is the assumption that two important disciplines in software …

This paper reports from a combined questionnaire survey and interview study of obstacles
for deploying usability evaluation in software development organizations. It was conducted …

The importance of usability engineering in software development is acknowledged by an
increasing number of software organizations. This paper reports from a survey of the …

This paper reports on an evaluation of the usability designer role as applied in two Swedish
systems development organisations. The role was initially defined by us, but evolved in …

Software development organisations are paying more and more attention to the usability of
their software products. To raise the usability level of the software product, it is necessary to …

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This paper analyses what implications usability has for software development, paying
special attention to the impact of this quality attribute on design. In this context, the aim is …

It is widely accepted that users should be involved in the development of interactive systems.
However, involving users in interactive systems development is challenging, especially in …

Developing software systems which are easy to use while simultaneously increasing the
productivity, performance and satisfaction of users is still a major challenge in software …

It has been argued that too much research on usability engineering is incoherent with the
processes, and settings being the realities for practitioners. In this paper we want to extend …