Developmental evaluation: A tool to support innovation

MetroWeb: a Tool to Support Guideline-Based Web Evaluation

In this paper, we present the first version of the MetroWeb tool designed to manage usability knowledge and to exploit this knowledge throughout evaluation process phases. The tool supports usability knowledge manipulation in general and specifically supports heuristic inspection. The usability evaluation process supported by the tool is decomposed into 4 main phases: planning, assessment, fina...

Robot Tool Behavior : a Developmental Approach to Autonomous Tool Use

ImageNotion: Methodology, Tool Support and Evaluation

The content of image archives changes rapidly. This makes the traditional separation of ontology development and image annotation steps no longer feasible. In this paper, we present an approach, termed ImageNotion that allows for the collaborative development of domain ontologies directly by domain experts with minimal ontology experience. ImageNotion is both a methodology based on the idea of ...

Flexible tool support for accessibility evaluation

The increasing need to check Web site accessibility has stimulated interest in tools to aid the various activities involved. While some tools for this purpose already exist, we believe that there is a demand for making their support more flexible. In particular, there is often a need for validation of multiple sets of guidelines, repairing Web pages and providing better reports for the evaluato...

Tool Support for Scenario-Based Architecture Evaluation

Architectural considerations play a key role in the success of any software-based development project. Architecture evaluation is an early risk reduction method for identifying risks that prevent a system or product line meeting the organization’s business goals and customer needs. This paper introduces a tool that supports architecture evaluation. It gives an overview on its information manage...