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PUBLICATIONS

Quantifying Usability: The Industry Usability Reporting Project

Published

Author(s)

Jean C. Scholtz, Emile L. Morse, Sharon J. Laskowski, A Wishansky, K Butler

Abstract

The paper describes the Common Industry format (CIF) developed in the Industry Usability Reporting Project (IUSR), which is now an ANSI standard. Four pilot studies conducted to verify the usefulness of the CIF are also described.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
Conference Location
CA
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

CIF, common industry format, industry reporting project, IUSR, procurement, software, standard reporting format

Citation

Scholtz, J. , Morse, E. , Laskowski, S. , Wishansky, A. and Butler, K. (2002), Quantifying Usability: The Industry Usability Reporting Project, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference, CA (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created July 1, 2002, Updated February 17, 2017
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