Maturing Usability: Quality in Software, Interaction and Value

Part 1: Quality in Software.- Usability Evaluation of User Interfaces Generated with a Model-Driven Architecture Tool (S. Abrahão, E. Iborra & J. Vanderdonckt).- Software Quality Engineering - the Leverage for Gaining Maturity (W. Suryn).- Connecting Rigorous System Analysis to Experience-centred Design (M. Harrison, G. Doherty, J. C. Campos & S. Loer).- Tailoring Usability into Agile Software Development Projects (S. Ambler).- Model-Based Evaluation: A New Way to Support Usability Evaluation of Multimodal Interactive Applications (R. Bernhaupt, P. Palanque, M. Winckler & D. Navarre).- Part 2: Quality in Interaction.- Systems Usability - Promoting Core-Task Oriented Work Practices (P. Savioja & L. Norros).- Usability Work in Professional Website Design: Insights from Practitioners' Perspectives (D. Furniss, A. Blandford & P. Curzon).- Characterisations, Requirements and Activities of User-centred design - Revising the model of ISO 13407 (T. Jokela).- Remote Usability Evaluation: Discussion of a General Framework and Experiences from Research with a Specific Tool (F. Paterno & C. Santoro).- Utility and Experience in the Evolution of Usability (G. Lindgaard & A. Parush).- Part 3: Quality in Value.- Quality in Software and Users' Health Issues (Å. Cajander, I. Boivie & J. Gulliksen).- Usability Evaluation as Idea Generation (K. Hornbaek).- Putting Value into E-valu-ation (G. Cockton).- HCI and the Economics of User Experience (M. Sikorski).- The Future of Usability Evaluation: Increasing Impact on Value (S. Rosenbaum).- Conclusion.- A Green Paper on Usability Maturation (E. L-C Law, E. T. Hvannberg & G. Cockton)

From the reviews:"This is a significant volume by numerous authors, all of whom are leaders in the usability community. ... The steps taken by practitioners and academics to evolve the discipline to its current state are treated as well. ... I highly recommend this book to all who have an interest in software usability. ... could be used in a graduate course on usability theory, history, and 'where is it going.'" (C. A. Wolfe, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2008)