Resources: Usability Standards

Source for June 2005 information: presentation by Whitney Quesenbery at the STC Annual Conference 2005.

ANSI/NCITS 354-2001 Common Industry Format for reporting summative usability test
results. http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/iusr/. Posted June 2005.

ISO 9241-11:1998 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals
(VDTs) -- Part 11: Guidance on usability. Covers computer interfaces and includes the most common definition of usability. For more information visit:
http://www.userfocus.co.uk/resources/iso9241/part11.html. Posted June 2005.

ISO 13407: 1999 Human-centred design process for interactive systems.
http://www.userfocus.co.uk/resources/iso9241/iso13407.html. Posted June 2005.

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