A Survey of Usability and User-Centered Design Practice in IT industry

IT업계에서의 사용성 및 사용자 중심설계에 관한 현황조사

  • 지용구 (숭실대학교 산업정보시스템공학과)
  • Published : 2003.11.01

Abstract

This paper reports results of a recent survey of 184 Information Technology(IT) development practitioners and 90 User Interface (UI)/usability practitioners. This survey covered a broad range of issues including the respondents' profile, current development environment, usability and user-centered design (UCD) adoption issues in development, overall assessment of usability/UCD in Korea, and the most widely used methods and techniques. The results of this study are expected to provide an empirical basis for usability and UCD planning, training, adoption and execution in IT industry of Korea.

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