SOFTWARE USABILITY: ATTRIBUTES AND METRICS
Keywords:
Usability, practicality, quality in use, attributes, indicators, metrics, software.Abstract
The article is dedicated to analysis of attributes, criteria and metrics of the software usability contained in the standards and models of quality. The conclusion about the rationality of use of the integrated model QUIM with some additions was made.References
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