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1 Executive Summary
{Executive summary of the main results from the heuristic evaluation aimed at higher management (1 page).} {Your client's manager will not read the whole report, but only the executive summary, and wants to know how the evaluation was done and what the main findings were.}
2 Evaluation Methodology
{Describe what a HE is and how it is done in your own words. Do not copy a description of HE from the web or anywhere else. Provide proper reference of the material read} A good description of the heuristic evaluation method is given by its inventor Jakob Nielsen.
3 User Profiles
{Describe the kinds of user your product is trying to attract.} {Group these users into categories according to their characteristics.}
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{Describe the tasks these different kinds of user might want to perform.}
Windows XP SP3 M ac OS X
Internet Connection 8 mbps, cello, cable Monitor S ize Monitor Colours 19" 32-bits
8 mbps, tele2, dsl 7.2 mbps, Orange, mobile internet 8 mbps, aonKombi, dsl 17" 32-bits 1152x864 1152x864 2009-03-28 15:15-16:30 17" 32-bits 1280x1024 1280x1024 2009-03-29 11:00-12:30 11,3" TFT 32-bits 800x600 800x600 2009-03-28 14:30-15:30
Monitor Resolution 1280x1024 browser Resolution Date of Evaluation Time of Evaluation 1280x1024 2009-03-28 09:00-10:00
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Figure X: On the home page... {Here follow the next four problems in the order they appear in the final severity rankings, each with an illustrative screen shot...}
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S hort Description Title Yellow In the chat room, Text the default text is an unreadable yellow colour.
MW IA MA KK MW IA MA KK Av y y 4 4 4 4 4.00
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order of average severity until... ... 87 Green Links Visited links are displayed in green, which conflicts somewhat with the light grey background. prob87.png Aesthetic Everywhere and M inimalist Design y 0 0 1 0 0.25
Table 2: Aggregated list of all problems found, in descending order of average severity.
Code Meaning MW IA MA KK y Muhammad Waseed Iqbal Ahmed Mian Aslam Kiran Khan Found by this evaluator Legend: Name Codes. Severity Meaning 4 3 2 1 0 Av Catastophic problem Serious problem Minor problem Cosmetic problem Not a problem Average severity
References
{References to related work and related studies.} [Nie2013] Jakob Nielsen; Heuristic Evaluation ; Visited 2013-03-14. h t t p : / / w w w . n n g r o u p . c o m / t o p i c / h e u r i s t i c e v a l u a t i o n /
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C Spreadsheet
The filled-in spreadsheet of all problems and positives including their ratings is h e l i s t . x l s . Please note that this template has been taken from the course website of Prof. Keith Andrews available at HCI Practical Excersises
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