Usability Engineering

No matter if you are a manager or an engineer or a student, this book really put things in perspective for you, to allow you to make the best choice you can.It is well structured, with chapters that are straight to the point. I have found myself relying on its approach and guidance in my day to day work and it has been very beneficial.Of course all you will learn from this book is general concepts, so it is still up to you to figure out how to best implement X vs Y, but having a set of guidelines that tell you why a solution is better than another, in certain context, is a lifesaver.

Although Neilsen has a lot of good information in here, the information is hidden beneath layers of writing. Every point is repeated several times, and the author is incredibly wordy. As a professional writer, it astounds me that someone could go on about usability without having the faintest idea of how to make his own writing usable. If edited properly, this volume could be reduced to half the size and give exactly the same information. The passive voice just about slaughters this book. One gets the impression that the author thinks he must write in this boring, textbook style in order to be considered "The Book" in the industry. This is unfortunate, because many readers simply won't make it through this book, despite the important information it has to impart.

This book, although it is old, is still a staple in system design and engineering. A must for every true nursing informaticist that works with system designers.

From begin to end a very enjoyable book that is still relevant (not all of it but 90%)

Dear Fellow Informatics students:You will DEFINITELY need this one for class and beyond. Buy it and keep it handy.

As advertised

This is an excellent book on Usability Engineering. It gives great advice and I would highly recommend reading it! It is a great bargain if you buy it used.

The book edition it is a little old. The book was write a long time ago an i think it is not adequate to a informatic book.By the way, the shipment was very fast.

Gives you many ways to look at improving the usability of products. From quick evaluations to how to set up a lab- with many of todays software packages I do wonder if the companies developing new packages ever look at usability.Surprised by lack of pictures - but that would no doubt dat the book which would be a shame - so the reader concentrates on the text & if you look at the world around you can see what Nielson is stating.

Good book, but it was coming with some damages.

pleased with product

Good quality and great book just to kick you off in usability engineering