The term summative usability testing recently entered the lexicon of medical device manufacturers as they faced the new requirement to validate their product's suitability for its intended use.

One of the most important steps toward releasing a new product is to make sure it has high usability. That means it is easy to use and provides the best possible experience for the user. After all, ...

Written for usability professionals and others who serve in this role, this book offers techniques, examples, cases, and tools that will enable you to cost-justify the appropriate usability investment ...

A decade after the HITECH Act of 2009 first incentivized EHR adoption, many physicians remain dissatisfied with EHR design and are seeking improvements to EHR usability. Optimizing an EHR so that it ...

Stakeholders have identified the need for a new software application. Business analysts have studied business practices and workflows, defined requirements, and requested functionality. Development ...

Test cases are the foundation of the software testing process. They define specific conditions, inputs and expected outputs to test a specific feature or functionality. Software testing, through test ...

Heuristic evaluation and usability testing are two of the most established methods to evaluate software for usability. When in doubt, one is the winner. Assessing the ease of use of a software is ...

Have you ever heard from a customer that your software was buggy, slow or unreliable? Or that a particular feature didn’t function exactly as intended? You’re not alone. Every software company, ...

User testing involves evaluating the functionality and user-friendliness of a website, app or other digital product. Testers often record a video of themselves using the product as they attempt to ...