Usability and The Software Production Life Cycle

Abstract

For many types of systems it is as important that the usability is as good as the functionality. There have been various attempts during the last fifteen years or more to encourage developers to focus on usability during the life cycle. These have had only limited success in that they have affected certain companies without fundamentally changing the overall software development process. The aim of this study is to improve software quality by finding ways to integrate usability with software quality measurements throughout the life cycle and especially at early stages of development.