Software and Web Usability Engineering Consulting

Achieving Business Goals by Optimizing the User Experience

Contact us at *drdeb@vineyard.net

Dr. Mayhew is known as an early pioneer
in software and web usability testing and
user interface design.

Dr. Mayhew's highly regarded books
have been sold in many different
countries.

Dr. Mayhew offers competitive rates
and provides expert, professional and
cost-effective services.

Read Feedback on Dr. Mayhew's work.

We are located on Martha's Vineyard Island in Massachusetts (MA).

We travel anywhere, but are relatively "local" to the eastern seaboard of the USA (especially the Northeast):

• Connecticut (CT)
• New York (NY)
• Washington DC (DC)
• Pennsylvania (PA)
• New Hampshire (NH)
• Vermont (VT)
• Maine (ME)
• New Jersey (NJ
• Maryland (MD)
• Delaware (DE)
• Rhode Island (RI).

Improves your bottom-line: typically every $1 invested returns between $2 and $100*

• Read some brief examples illustrating Why usability engineering is important to achieving your business goals.

• Read a brief article on Cost-Justifying Usability Engineering During Web Development.

• Read a brief article on Making a Business Case for Usability.

• Learn about a Book on the topic of cost-justifying usability engineering co-edited by Deborah J. Mayhew, PhD.

• Visit our Downloads page to get a free tool to help you make the business case for usability engineering.

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On web site projects:

• Usability insures that visitors will be able to complete tasks such as finding products or services and placing orders.

• Persuasive Design insures that visitors will want to complete tasks such as placing orders or contacting you regarding your services.

Optimizes the user experience through structured, repeatable, objective techniques.

• Read a quick description of How usability engineering is conducted.

• Learn about a Book describing her usability engineering methodology by Dr. Mayhew .

30 years of research has yielded a set of known guidelines applicable to both software and web site design.

• Review a set of Sample Web Usability Guidelines.

• Learn about Dr. Mayhew's early Book on principles and guidelines in software user interface design.

• Dr. Mayhew has recently authored a Chapter on designing web user interfaces.

Free Downloads

Visit our Downloads page to get:

• A free cost-justification tool to help you make the business case for usability engineering
• A case study of a sample project conducted by Dr. Mayhew
• A printable version of this entire site

Useful Articles and Links

Visit our Resources page for access to:

• Short articles on topics in usability that Dr. Mayhew has published on the web.

• Other web sites you may find useful.

(We welcome bug reports, comments and suggestions on this web site: *drdeb@vineyard.net)

* Pressman, 2005, Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Boston MA

See also Making a Business Case for Usability.