Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems What System Designers Need to Know about People

Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems What System Designers Need to Know about People / by Frank E. Ritter, Gordon D. Baxter, Elizabeth F. Churchill.

Interactive technologies pervade every aspect of modern life. Web sites, mobile devices, household gadgets, automotive controls, aircraft flight decks; everywhere you look, people are interacting with technologies. These interactions are governed by a combination of: the users’ capabilities; the thi...

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Main Authors: Ritter, Frank E. (Author), Baxter, Gordon D. (Author), Churchill, Elizabeth F. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
User interfaces (Computer systems).
Software engineering.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Endorsements
  • Foreword by Barry Boehm
  • Part I – Introduction: Aims, Motivations, and Introduction to Human-Centered Design
  • Introducing the Foundations of User-Centered Systems Design
  • User-Centered Systems Design: A Brief History
  • Part II - Design Relevant User Characteristics: The ABCS
  • Anthropometrics: Important Aspects of Users' Bodies
  • Behavioral: Basic Psychology of the User
  • Cognitive: Memory, Attention, and Learning
  • Cognitive: Mental Representations, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
  • Cognitive: Human-Computer Communication
  • Social: Social Cognition and Teamwork
  • Social: Networks
  • Summary of Users with Respect to Errors
  • Part III – Methods
  • Method I: Task Analysis
  • Method II: Cognitive Dimensions and the Gulfs
  • Method III: Empirical Evaluation
  • Part IV – Summary
  • Summary: Putting it All Together
  • Appendix: The Kegworth Air Accident
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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