SPaMCAST 64 Carol Smith, Usability, Agile Estimation Part 4
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The interview on Show 64 is with Carol Smith. We discussed
the usability. Usability is a critical component of human
facing software. We discussed the definition of usability,
techniques for discovering usability, how to measure it and finally
how to test usability. A powerful interview with a great
guest!
Carol is a regular presenter at conferences, has taught usability
courses at the college level and has managed a usability
department. She is also the Treasurer and Director of Chapters for
the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) Board of Directors.
Carol has a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction and has
over eight years of usability experience.
Carol Smith conducts experience research for clients that are both
large and small, government and corporate, in a variety of
industries through her company, Midwest Research, LLC. Carol takes
the time to understand user's needs and behaviors and then creates
tools that convey this information in an easy to understand format.
Organizations can then integrate users needs and behaviors directly
into their development projects.
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The essay is the conclusion of “Using Functional Metrics in Agile
Estimation”. The essay explains how to integrate the
discipline of functional metrics into agile metrics
techniques. Remember that parts one, two and three were
included in SPaMCAST 61, 62 and 63.
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Model based process improvement typically has centered on a single
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