Web Usability Testing Guidelines - Incorporate Usability Testing Application

• Main Author: Hamidun, Mohd. Amifarez
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2004
• Subjects: ZA Information resources
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7881/1/2004%20-%20Web%20Usability%20Testing%20Guidelines%20-%20Incorporate%20Usability%20Testing%20Application.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7881/

The prototype of web usability testing application is an application that will be used by the developer and evaluator to check and verify the usability of the corporate web pages or sites. The application will consist of usability test that will incorporate three main elements of web site; web design, web navigation and web functions. The first project objective is to help the web developer to ensure the usability of their web site by using the developed prototype. The next objective is to gather technical data or recommendations from the user to be incorporated in the prototype application. The technical data will represent the elements that most of users need in the web site. The scope of this project is about identifying the usability components under the three major elements of web site which is web design, web navigation and web function. The compilation of the components will be the guideline incorporated in the prototype application. The prototype will be developed and used to test the usability of the web site. For the success of the project, the basic System Development Life Cycle methodology that is Waterfall Model will be used whereby it has five phases; planning, analysis, design, implementation and support. The product of the project will lead to build a prototype of web usability testing application that can be used throughout the web development process and to check the usability of the web from time to time.