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The increasing incidence of distributed information systems has led to the requirement for remote usability evaluations. The development of network systems and the Internet has created both the necessity and the opportunity to involve remote users much earlier in the development cycle. This paper describes the application of remote evaluation methods to the rapid prototyping development of a software product. The methods used include critical incident reporting, electronic questionnaires and written current protocols for asynchronous remote evaluation used in a context centred manner.
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Dunckley, L., Taylor, D., Storey, M., Smith, A. (2000). Low Cost Remote Evaluation for Interface Prototyping. In: McDonald, S., Waern, Y., Cockton, G. (eds) People and Computers XIV — Usability or Else!. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0515-2_26
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