11/11/2002

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="061005f0ermwup.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>EDIT 797 - Performance Based Design</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EDIT 797 Performance Based Design"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id271.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="8/26/2002"><U>8/26/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id274.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="9/2/2002 9/9/2002 "><U>9/2/2002 & 9/9/2002 </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id276.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="9/16/2002"><U>9/16/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="9/23/2002"><U>9/23/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id279.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="9/30/2002"><U>9/30/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id280.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="10/7/2002"><U>10/7/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="10/15/2002"><U>10/15/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="10/21/2002"><U>10/21/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="10/28/2002"><U>10/28/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id285.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="11/04/2002"><U>11/04/2002</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8bf000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/11/2002</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id289.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="11/16/2002"><U>11/16/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id290.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="11/25/2002"><U>11/25/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id291.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="12/2/2002"><U>12/2/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id292.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="12/9/2002"><U>12/9/2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id293.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="12/16/2002"><U>12/16/2002</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> 11/11/2002</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/fear/fearng.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/fear/fear"><U><B>Fear and Loathing on the Keyboard: Why we should hate software that's smarter than we are, and what to do about it.</B></U></A> This article addresses Usability Engineering for performance centered design. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/usab01.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/usab01.ht"><U><B>Usability </B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/usab01.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/usab01.ht"><U><I><B>PS</B></I></U></A><A HREF="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/usab01.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pcd-innovations.com/usab01.ht"><U><B>: Performance support for conducting usability evaluations</B></U></A> is a set of performance support tools and guidelines (i.e., a self-help guide) for conducting usability evaluations.  </div> <bR> <div> Review Jakob Nielsen's <A HREF="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/"><U><B>Alertbox</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> Chapters 12 Cooper, Alan (1999) <I>The inmates are running the asylum: why high tech products drive us crazy and how to restore the sanity</I>. Indianapolis,IN:SAMS (ISBN: 0672316498 ) - <A HREF="docs/Inmates_Ch.12.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="docs/Inmates_Ch.12.pdf"><U>posted here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>A Usability Engineering Process</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id247.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 1"><U>Usability Step 1</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 2"><U>Usability Step 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 3"><U>Usability Step 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id250.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 4"><U>Usability Step 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 5"><U>Usability Step 5</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id252.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 6"><U>Usability Step 6</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id253.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 7"><U>Usability Step 7</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id254.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 8"><U>Usability Step 8</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id255.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 9"><U>Usability Step 9</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 10"><U>Usability Step 10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id257.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 11"><U>Usability Step 11</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id258.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability Step 12"><U>Usability Step 12</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>