Analytical Evaluation

Analytical Evaluation

1. Heuristic evaluation

   • Evaluate whether interface is learnable
   • Analyzed by experts
   • Design heuristics
     • Visible system status
     • Real world match
     • User control and freedom
     • Consistency and standards
     • Error prevention
     • Recognition versus recall
     • Flexibility and user efficiency
     • Help users diagnose and recover from errors

2. Walkthroughs

   • Cognitive walkthrough
     • Select a task to evaluate
       • Obtain a prototype of all of the states
         • Obtain persona of representative users

3. Claims analysis

   • Define a collection of scenarios

4. Cognitive modeling

   • Collection of methods that build models