Usability engineering in infrastructure systems | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Usability engineering in infrastructure systems (17.ESI064)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Power Software Engineering (Year: 3, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Applied Computer Science and Informatics
ECTS	6

Acquiring of basic principles of usability engineering methods for the design and evaluation of infrastructure systems software. Includes the study of human-machine interactions, user interface characteristics and design strategies, software evaluation methods, and related guidelines and standards.

At the completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Describe the human centered design process and usability engineering process and their roles in infrastructre system design and development. 2. Discuss usability design guidelines, their foundations, assumptions, advantages, and weaknesses. 3. Develop a user interface based on analysis of human needs and prototype system. 4. Practise software usability test and write a study.

Introduction to Human-Centered Design and infrastructure systems usability challenges. Usability, accessibility and related concepts. Usability methods. Guidance. Identifying Tasks, Stakeholders and Context, Needs assessment. User Interaction Capabilities. User Cognitive and Affective Capabilities. Grooup Characteristics. Specifying needs and requirements. Scenarios and Use-cases. Interaction Design. Implementation Issues. Usability testing methods.

Lectures; Lab Practice; Consultations.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Don Norman	The Design of Everyday Things	1988	Perseus Book Corp	English
Ahmed Seffah, Jean Vanderdonckt, Michel C. Desmarais	Human-Centered Software Engine Software Engineering Models, Patterns and Architectures for HCI	2009	Springer Science & Business Media	English