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How usability is seen by software development organizations and their end-users?

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Author: Keränen, Toni1
Organizations: 1University of Oulu, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Department of Information Processing Science, Information Processing Science
Format: ebook
Version: published version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.8 MB)
Pages: 40
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202210133490
Language: English
Published: Oulu : T. Keränen, 2022
Publish Date: 2022-10-14
Thesis type: Master's thesis
Tutor: Rajanen, Mikko
Reviewer: Rajala, Joni
Rajanen, Mikko
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Abstract

Software usability is usually the main thing a user thinks of along with functionality. For user it is important that they can use a software with ease to do their tasks. They pay attention to how it feels to use a software. For software developers, usability can be more complex topic that needs attention. Developer organizations need to focus on usability in order to make a product usable and manage to achieve that goal. This paper discusses about usability, its benefits and measure opinions between developing organizations and end-users. Thesis is based around usability literature and two questionnaires, one for developing organizations and other for end-users. There were 22 developers and 14 end-users answering to the questionnaires.

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