Web DUE: Uma Técnica de Inspeção de Usabilidade de Mockups de Aplicações Web Guiada Por Zonas Próprias de Páginas Web

  • Luis Rivero UFAM
  • Tayana Conte UFAM

Resumo


Usabilidade é um dos atributos de qualidade de software que afetam a aceitação das aplicações desenvolvidas. No entanto, apesar do aumento do número de métodos de inspeção de usabilidade de aplicações Web, a maioria destes métodos só pode ser aplicada nas últimas etapas do processo de desenvolvimento, aumentando o custo de correção dos problemas identificados. Com o intuito de solucionar esta dificuldade, nesta pesquisa de mestrado foram propostas as tecnologias Design Usability Evaluation (DUE): (a) a técnica Web DUE, que é específica para inspeção de usabilidade de protótipos de baixa fidelidade (ou mockups) de aplicações Web; e (b) a ferramenta Mockup DUE que apoia sua aplicação. Além de apresentar como foram desenvolvidas estas tecnologias, este artigo apresenta a avaliação experimental das mesmas, sua evolução, e os resultados e benefícios decorrentes desta pesquisa.
Palavras-chave: Páginas Web, Web Guiada, Web DUE, Mockups

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04/08/2014
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RIVERO, Luis; CONTE, Tayana. Web DUE: Uma Técnica de Inspeção de Usabilidade de Mockups de Aplicações Web Guiada Por Zonas Próprias de Páginas Web. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE QUALIDADE DE SOFTWARE (SBQS), 13. , 2014, Blumenau. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2014 . p. 326-340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2014.15265.