Component Based Method for Usability Testing of a Website

Abstract:

This paper presents the Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE) approach for usability testing of a web-site based on ISO 9241-11 usability guidance to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. Usability testing is a technique used to evaluate a product by testing it on users. A particular type of website i.e. university web site was chosen and segmented in different components in modular forms according to the purpose of that component. Then component wise tasks as per ISO 9241-11 usability guidance were prepared to carry out the usability testing for evaluating the test web-site. After analyzing the results of component based usability testing, a proto-type version of the test web-site was designed in a limited form including all the feedback of test results. Finally, the proto-type web-site was re-evaluated for establishing the effectiveness of component based web usability method with the same tasks. The proposed component based usability testing method is expected to improve the design/content issues of web-site resulting the web-site much more user friendly, effective and less time and cost consuming.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 765-767)
• Pages: 1507-1511
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.765-767.1507
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Saeeda Sharmeen Rahman, Jing Nong Weng
• Keywords: Component-Based Software Engineering, ISO 9241-11, Usability Testing

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