UI Design Evaluation

Question 1

the step in the software lifecycle wherein the designs are checked if they behave according to plan or requirements.

Answer 1

Evaluation

Question 2

3 EVALUATION APPROCHES / METHODS

Answer 2

1. Cognitive Walkthrough
2. Heuristic Evaluation
3. Action Analysis (Formal)

Question 3

is a formalized way of imagining people’s thoughts and action when they use and interface for the first time.

Answer 3

Cognitive Walkthrough

Question 4

proposed and revised Cognitive Walkthrough

Answer 4

Polson

Question 5

a kind of check-list approach that catches a wide variety of problem but requires several evaluators who have some knowledge of usability problems.

Answer 5

Heuristic Evaluation

Question 6

also called guidelines, are general principles or rules of thumb that can guide design decisions.

Answer 6

Heuristics

Question 7

is the formal approached that is characterized by the extreme detail of the evaluation.

Answer 7

Action Analysis (Formal)

Question 8

this kind of evaluation won’t provide detailed predictions of task time and interface learnability, but it can reveal large scale problems.

Answer 8

Action Analysis (Back-of-the-envelope)

Question 9

forgoes detailed prediction in an effort to get a quick look at the big picture.

Answer 9

Back-of-the-envelope Approach