Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model

User interfaces of application software are designed to make user interaction as efficient and as simple as possible. Market accessibility of any application software is determined by the usability of its user interfaces. A poorly designed user interface will have little value no matter how powerful...

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Main Author:	M Katy, Abdoasslam Hatab
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Language:	English English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	QA76.75-76.765 Computer software
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.9002021-09-06T08:29:23Z Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model 2016-03 M Katy, Abdoasslam Hatab QA76.75-76.765 Computer software User interfaces of application software are designed to make user interaction as efficient and as simple as possible. Market accessibility of any application software is determined by the usability of its user interfaces. A poorly designed user interface will have little value no matter how powerful the program is. Thus, it is significantly important to measure usability during the system development lifecycle in order to avoid user disappointment. Various methods and standards that help measure usability have been developed. However, these methods define usability inconsistently, which makes software engineers hesitant in implementing these methods or standards. The Quality in Use Integrated Measurement (QUIM) model is a consolidated approach for measuring usability through 10 factors, 26 criteria, and 127 metrics. It decomposes usability into factors, criteria, and metrics, and it is a hierarchical model that helps developers with no or little background of usability metrics. Among 127 metrics of QUIM, essential efficiency (EE) is the most specific metric used to measure the usability of user interfaces through an equation. This study involves a comparative analysis between three case studies that use the QUIM model to measure usability in terms of EE for three case studies: (1) Public University Registration System, (2) Restaurant Menu Ordering System, and (3) ATM system. A comparison is made based on the percentage of EE for each element of the use cases in each use case diagram. The results obtained revealed that the user interface design for Restaurant Menu Ordering System scored the highest percentage of EE, thus proving to be the most user-friendly application software among its counterparts. 2016-03 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/900/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/900/1/24p%20ABDOASSLAM%20HATAB%20M%20KATY.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/900/2/ABDOASSLAM%20HATAB%20M%20KATY%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/900/3/ABDOASSLAM%20HATAB%20M%20KATY%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
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spellingShingle	QA76.75-76.765 Computer software M Katy, Abdoasslam Hatab Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model
description	User interfaces of application software are designed to make user interaction as efficient and as simple as possible. Market accessibility of any application software is determined by the usability of its user interfaces. A poorly designed user interface will have little value no matter how powerful the program is. Thus, it is significantly important to measure usability during the system development lifecycle in order to avoid user disappointment. Various methods and standards that help measure usability have been developed. However, these methods define usability inconsistently, which makes software engineers hesitant in implementing these methods or standards. The Quality in Use Integrated Measurement (QUIM) model is a consolidated approach for measuring usability through 10 factors, 26 criteria, and 127 metrics. It decomposes usability into factors, criteria, and metrics, and it is a hierarchical model that helps developers with no or little background of usability metrics. Among 127 metrics of QUIM, essential efficiency (EE) is the most specific metric used to measure the usability of user interfaces through an equation. This study involves a comparative analysis between three case studies that use the QUIM model to measure usability in terms of EE for three case studies: (1) Public University Registration System, (2) Restaurant Menu Ordering System, and (3) ATM system. A comparison is made based on the percentage of EE for each element of the use cases in each use case diagram. The results obtained revealed that the user interface design for Restaurant Menu Ordering System scored the highest percentage of EE, thus proving to be the most user-friendly application software among its counterparts.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	M Katy, Abdoasslam Hatab
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title	Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model
title_short	Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model
title_full	Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model
title_fullStr	Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model
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publishDate	2016
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Measuring usability for application software using the quality in use integration measurement model

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