June 2012

1. Jun 2012
   Some impacts of "big data" on usability practice ↗
   Stephany Wilkes
   Abstract

   Two shifts in the technological landscape -- the era of "big data" and the popularity of Agile software development methodologies -- have made users (and specifically data about them) central to the development process and broadened the definition of user-centered design and usability testing. This paper briefly describes the impact of these shifts on the usability practice. Rudimentary data types useful to usability practitioners are introduced, as well as helpful data tools and required skills. The paper concludes with a list of methodological and pedagogical gaps that should be addressed.

   multimodality technical communication multilingual writers place and space
   doi:10.1145/2424840.2424842