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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jicce.2011.9.1.100

Effective Model and Methods for Analysing Human Factors in Software Design for Efficient User Experience  

Abduljalil, Sami (Ubiquitous IT Graduate School, Dongseo University)
Kang, Dae-Ki (Division of Computer & Information Engineering, Dongseo University)
Abstract
In software system development, an application interface is the main communication platform between human developers and applications. Interaction in any software application requires human's mental and physical activities. Although software systems have increased drastically in diverse sectors and many forms to quench human's needs and satisfactions, human always concern about the ease in usability of the software application so that it can be easily understood and navigated. Since many software developers still focus on the quantity of contents instead of the quality of the interface from the user's point of view, it is important to address human factors need in the early stage of the design and to continue addressing them during the entire stages of the software design for the persistent support of usability. In this paper, we propose the Modified Prototype Model (MPM), which helps the software designers and developers to design user-friendly software systems with easy-to-navigate interfaces by uncovering human factors in a convenient way. Moreover, we propose methods that assist to identify more human factors regarding software design. In this paper, we also study the implications of the proposed model and the proposed methods.
Keywords
Human Factors; Software Design; Web Design; Usability.;
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