软件可用性与美国工业可用性标准报告

摘要：

In the software product development,a special attention should be paid to the usability of the product while realizing its functionality. Usability pertains to the user's view of the quality of a pro-duct ,which is the synonym of the quality in use. It is one of the critical factors to the success of the pro-duct. In order to improve the usability of software products ,we must first make usability visible. Thus a kind of objective ,uniform and quantitative measurements for usability is in great need. The Common In-dustry Format for usability testing is a standardized test for software usability,which is also called CIF test for short. It is the main contribution of the IUSR project initiated by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CIF Test is based on a carefully designed evaluation procedure and an appropriate metrics. It enables suppliers and purchasers of software products measure the usabil-ity of the products in an objective and quantitative way,therefore promote the emphasis on products'usability. After giving the concept of software usability,this paper describes the IUSR project and its main contribution-Common Industrial Format for usability testing. The authors' experiences in using the standard are discussed finally.

关键词：Software、Usability、NIST、IUSR、CIF、Effectiveness、Efficiency、Satisfaction、Context of use

所属期刊栏目：28

分类号：TP3(计算技术、计算机技术)

在线出版日期：2004-01-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页数：共5页

页码：108-112