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Usability Engineering
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Usability Engineering

by Jakob Nielsen
November 1994
Intermediate to advanced
362 pages
17h 23m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Executive Summary
1.5 Recipe For
Action
As
discussed on page 8, the demand for usability is growing
rapidly these years. This book presents many steps that can be
taken to increase usability. The most important advice to remember
is
that usability does not appear just because you wish for it. Get
started on a systematic approach to usability—the sooner, the
better. From a management perspective, the action items are
1.
Recognize the need for usability in your organization.
2.
Make it clear that usability has management
support
(this
includes promoting a culture where it is seen as positive for
developers to change their initial design idea
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