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usability evaluation verification

heuristic evaluation a finished system or a prototype usability evaluation
pick some user cases to evaluate, focussing initially on the most important ones
for each window, page or dialog that appears during the execution of the use case, study it in detail to look for possible usability defects: violations of the principles and guidelines (the heuristics) discussed in the previous section
write down a description of each defect and any ideas for how the defect might be fixed
The process of systematically looking for usability defects in a user interface, based on a set of usability guidelines or principles

Subject	perform on	is a kind of	have steps	has definition
usability evaluation		verification
heuristic evaluation	a finished system or a prototype	usability evaluation	pick some user cases to evaluate, focussing initially on the most important ones for each window, page or dialog that appears during the execution of the use case, study it in detail to look for possible usability defects: violations of the principles and guidelines (the heuristics) discussed in the previous section write down a description of each defect and any ideas for how the defect might be fixed	The process of systematically looking for usability defects in a user interface, based on a set of usability guidelines or principles

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