Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the pilot implementation of an
industry-specific web portal as an IT resource on textile SMEs organisational performance …

Context: The software industry has sought to apply User eXperience (UX) practices that can
help maintain a sustainable business. UX practices make it possible to conduct research …

Agile software development methods are quite popular nowadays and are being adopted at
an increasing rate in the industry every year. However, these methods are still lacking …

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 gap between how the academic world develops usability and user experience (UX)
methods, and how the industry employs these methods is perceived as both broad and …

The lack of user engagement, the absence of user feedback, incomplete and continuously
changing user requirements are among the critical concerns that cause projects to fail. User …

Usability professionals have attained a specialist role in systems-development projects. This
study analyses usability professionals' operational understanding of usability by eliciting the …

This paper describes and gives an overview of User Experience (UX) professionals' work
practices—their environment, practices, tools, and challenges. First, we reviewed 32 …

ABSTRACT Planning Support Systems (PSS) are computer-based tools that assist
professionals in land use planning activities. Although several researchers acknowledge the …

This study explored how usability was dealt with in four product development organizations
active in different sectors: high-end automotive, professional printers and copiers, office …