Usability of Mobile Applications - Dissemination of Usability Engineering in Small and Medium Enterprises

Britta Fuchs, Thomas Ritz, Jakob Strauch

2012

Abstract

This paper starts from the idea that mobile enterprise software has great potential in the future but needs to fulfil usability requirements to be successful. Following mobile enterprise software Mobile enterprise software is explained with the established software engineering processes. Related to this topic usability engineering is presented with relevance to the utilization in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The relevance of the target group SMEs is demonstrated using the example of Germany. The integrated user-centered method for mobile enterprise software development integrating usability is presented. The paper closes with an analysis of the needed future research in this field.

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Fuchs B., Ritz T. and Strauch J. (2012). Usability of Mobile Applications - Dissemination of Usability Engineering in Small and Medium Enterprises . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking, e-Business and Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-23-5, pages 272-277. DOI: 10.5220/0004068802720277


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@conference{ice-b12,
author={Britta Fuchs and Thomas Ritz and Jakob Strauch},
title={Usability of Mobile Applications - Dissemination of Usability Engineering in Small and Medium Enterprises},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking, e-Business and Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={272-277},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004068802720277},
isbn={978-989-8565-23-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking, e-Business and Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2012)
TI - Usability of Mobile Applications - Dissemination of Usability Engineering in Small and Medium Enterprises
SN - 978-989-8565-23-5
AU - Fuchs B.
AU - Ritz T.
AU - Strauch J.
PY - 2012
SP - 272
EP - 277
DO - 10.5220/0004068802720277