title: Adapting usability testing techniques to gather user requirements: an illustrative proposal.
abstract: Usability testing could greatly aid in gathering requirements for a system prior to its planning and design. An illustrative pilot usability study was carried out aiming to develop methodology for determining the functionality of the medical imaging software that is required to accurately assess medical images in emergency situations in a specific trauma department. Two individuals participated in the study. The proposed methodology for carrying out usability testing in a pre-planning and pre-development phase is illustrated in this proposal. The illustration showed that data collected in this manner may have a significant value. We, therefore, recommend a full pilot study to validate the findings.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. paulebw@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Paule
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bellwood
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juhra
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014584:User-Computer Interface