Overview of course and wrap-up

5/11/99

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Table of Contents

What we are concerned with in needs and usability assessment 

Evaluation 

Criteria for evaluation methods: validity and reliability 

Appropriate Methods Depend on Phase of Project 

Needs Assessment -- purpose 

Needs assessment --is learning about: 

Design 

Development 

Deployment 

METHODS BY PHASE 

Needs Assessment 

Design 

System Development -- detailed design and prototypes 

System Deployment 

Another way to categorizing methods: who are the subjects? 

Another way to categorize methods -- quantitative/qualitative 

Who does usability assessment? -- 1 

Who does usability assessment? --2 

Some Final Caveats 

Representation and Reality 

Methods - recap

Author: Nancy Van House 

Email: vanhouse@sims.berkeley.edu 

Home Page: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is214/s99/index.html