International standards for HCI and usability

✍ Scribed by NIGEL BEVAN

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 349 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1071-5819
• DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0483

✦ Synopsis

Over the last 15 years, a comprehensive range of international standards has been developed to de"ne the general principles of user-centred design and good practice in user interface design. Most of the standards specify general principles rather than the precise details of the interface. The paper brie#y describes how standards are created and reviews the de"nitions of usability. HCI and usability standards are described in the categories: usability de"nitions, use in context, software interface and interaction, hardware interface, documentation, the development process and capability of the organization. The applicability of the standards is discussed.

2001 Academic Press