Resource Materials in the Public Domain

This is an index to what this page contains. Any more, and I'm going to have to re-think it all again. Click on the index below and you'll get to a more complete description of the item on this page. Thereafter you'll most probably be sent elsewhere on the HFRG site.

• Questionnaires in Usability Engineering: Frequently Asked Questions
• A paper about sample size and statistical power in HCI
• Methods for User-Orientated Requirements Specification
• Case Studies in Usability Evaluation
• BASELINE Usability Validation
• A discussion checklist about client-developer relationships
• EMMUS Project Methods Deliverable
• An informal introduction to the ISO 13 407 standard

Questionnaires in Usability Engineering - Frequently Asked Questions: Web Page at the HFRG site

This is a list of frequently asked questions and some answers on this topic. There is a short bibliography of recommended texts and a mailto: box for comments.

Estimating the Cost of Quantitative Evaluation: Document for downloading (.pdf, 98k)

A fairly statistical paper about the effects of sample size, statistical power, and degree of precision of measurement in an HCI context, giving proposed definitions of large, medium, and small effect sizes in HCI.

Methods for User-Orientated Requirements Specification: Web Pages at HFRG site

Arising from the RESPECT project of the EC-sponsored Telematics Application Programme, this set of pages describes some user requirements elicitation methods that have found commercial (as distinct from purely research) applications. At present this set of pages is still pretty much in the EC's deliverable format, so please use your browser's back button to get back to here.

Case Studies in Usability Evaluation: Documents for downloading from the HFRG site

This is a collection of documents from the MAPI (MUSiC Assisted Process Improvement) project, giving public domain information about the case studies carried out during this project, as well as some background information on the MUSiC toolset.
• a summary of the user-based aspects of the MUSiC project. The starting position for MAPI. (rtf format, 311k)
• Lloyds' Bank final report(rtf format, 13k)
• AMS final report (rtf format, 10k)
• UK Inland Revenue final report (rtf format, 16k)
• Ericsson's final report (rtf format, 14k)
• CYCO final report (rtf format, 19k)
• State Museums of Berlin final report (rtf format, 15k)
• MAPI project final report (rtf format, 429k)

BASELINE Usability Validation: Web Pages at HFRG site

These pages were developed jointly with ACiT GMbh. They are one of the results of EC-funded BASELINE project, and they contain a lot of public-domain resources and useful URLs.

The Client-Developer Agenda A discussion paper and a checklist

This document grew out of the EMMUS project. It discusses some of the problems involved in communications between a client and a developer when constructing a web site. It is recommended that both clients and developing organisations take note of these issues. Successful development depends on both sides understanding each others' positions.

EMMUS Project - Methods Deliverable D3: Web Pages at HFRG Site

The now ended EMMUS project created a hypertext document about usability methods in the development of multi-media products. This deliverable contains a number of different views of the process, and some case studies. It is highly interactive.

Using ISO 13 407 as a guide to personal knowledge and competence Document in html on the HFRG site

This document gives a personal view of what the ISO 13 407 standard implies about the knowledge and skills necessary to make it happen. It summarises the standard and places it in the context of the debate about the certification of usability specialists.