Chapter 57

Inspection-Based Evaluations

Gilbert Cockton
University of Sunderland

Darryn Lavery
Microsoft Corporation

Alan Woolrych
University of Sunderland

 

Outline

Usability, Inspection, and Complementary Evaluation Methods

Defining Usability: Implications for Evaluation

The Phases of Usability Inspection

Relation to Other Methods

A Survey of Inspection Methods

Heuristic Evaluation

Guideline-Based Methods

Cognitive Walk-Through

A Hybrid Method: Heuristic Walkthrough

Scoping and Assessing Inspection Methods

Gray and Salzman’s Critique

Improving the Assessment of UIMs

A Survey of Inspection Method Assessment

Comparative Studies

Summary: The Need to Improve Method Assessment and Scoping

Conclusion

References

 

Figures

Figure 57.1: Relationship of types of inspection-based method by level of abstraction and focus.