Teste de usabilidade de software: sua aplicação nos processos de concepção, desenvolvimento e preparação.

Abstract

Usability has become an important component of the software industry. The need to make products easier to learn and use leads software development companies to integrate usability tests in their production process. This work presents practical considerations about the use of usability tests since the beginning of the software life cycle, trying to guide software engineers to improve the quality of the product. Environment, requirements and main techniques for usability tests are discussed, using practical samples, such as usability laboratories of large companies and tests descriptions made by experts. According to practical examples, it's described where usability tests may be used in the software production cycle, how to perform tests with few resources and what structure is adequate to initialize usability tests in products of Brazilian companies.