A model for usability testing in challenging environments

Riku Luostarinen; Risto Järvinen; Juho Määttä; Jukka Manner

doi:10.1109/ICMCIS.2016.7496557

A model for usability testing in challenging environments

Riku Luostarinen, Risto Järvinen, Juho Määttä, Jukka Manner

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Abstract

Remote software usability testing has been studied for over two decades. Yet, many of the existing testing methods are not ideal for field testing in challenging environments typical to military and emergency operations and contexts. In this paper we introduce a model and a messaging framework that allow remote usability tests to be run easily in the real work context of the users. We also introduce a proof-of-concept implementation of the model and show how the model can be integrated to an existing user interface of a military communication system. To verify our model, we pilot the test set-up on real end users of the system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems, ICMCIS 2016
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-1777-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMCIS.2016.7496557
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 23 May 2016 → 24 May 2016

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Conference	International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems
Abbreviated title	ICMCIS
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	23/05/2016 → 24/05/2016

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Luostarinen, R, Järvinen, R , Määttä, J & Manner, J 2016, A model for usability testing in challenging environments. in 2016 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems, ICMCIS 2016., 7496557, IEEE, International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems, Brussels, Belgium, 23/05/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMCIS.2016.7496557

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