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Getting Started


Getting started is easy

Need to know how to get started and what it costs?

Pick your usability starting line.

Take the next step

  1. Give us a call to schedule a needs analysis or a tour of the lab.
  2. Take part in an initial needs analysis meeting to:
    • discuss the team approach
    • plan the general goals and elements for your product review
    • determine the criteria that identify the specific users
  3. Take part in a more detailed planning meeting to produce a planning agenda.
  4. Determine a team action plan.

Come see us anytime

The Usability Center is available for scheduling day, evening or weekend hours. To schedule a tour or reserve the lab, call 678-915-7201 or email us at usability@spsu.edu.

Usability Center News

Barnum and Li present Holiday Inn China website study (read more)

Carol Barnum and her former colleague David Dayton publish study results on the impact of agile on user-centered design.
(read more)

Barnum speaks twice at the Usability Professionals Association Conference, Baltimore, June 18-20, 2008 (read more)

Read two articles Carol Barnum wrote for eLearn Magazine about usability testing and e-learning (read more)

What is Usability?

"Usability is the art and science of making documents and products usable, useful, and most of all, satisfying.”
– Dr. Carol Barnum

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