A systematic review of user-centered design techniques

Elizabeth Salinas, Rony Cueva, Freddy Paz

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Abstract

There are many systems that do not have an adequate level of usability, even though this is one of the most relevant quality attributes in software products. Therefore, it chooses to redesign these systems through techniques that provide favorable results in usability evaluations. Several authors have proposed the User-Centered Design framework as the right one to obtain optimal results with respect to metrics of this attribute, since it aims to design understandable software products, considering the needs and interests of end-users. Because of that, this article presents a systematic review to identify the techniques and tools that have been used to make redesigns of graphical user interfaces of software products following the User-Centered Design approach and that have been successful in usability measurements. It also shows the most reported usability evaluation methods in these cases, and the reasons why this process took place. A total of 146 studies were identified, of which 19 were selected as relevant to this review. According to the analysis, the most used technique to perform redesigns is prototyping and the usability evaluation method more employed is testing with users.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesign, User Experience, and Usability. Interaction Design - 9th International Conference, DUXU 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
EditorsAaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig
PublisherSpringer
Pages253-267
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9783030497125
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event9th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 19 Jul 202024 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12200 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period19/07/2024/07/20

Keywords

  • Redesign
  • Systematic review
  • Usability
  • Usability evaluation
  • User-centered design

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