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Usability Engineerring

Usability engineering benefits


Software industry studies suggest that an investment in usability engineering can produce a return on investment in the range of 3:1 to 100:1.

 

The payoffs:

 
  • Fewer last-minute design changes
  • Usable, appealing, and effective designs
  • Simpler, less costly documentation
  • Credible marketing claims
  • Compelling product demonstrations
  • Increased sales
  • Reduced need for customer support
  • Longer market life

Usability test
Benefits of our research
Our user interface design process

Karat, C. Cost-benefit analysis of usability engineering techniques.
Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting.
Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society (1990).