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Paper: w78-2003-47
| Paper title: | Usability testing of hand held computing on a construction site |
| Authors: | Bowden S, Thorpe A, Baldwin A |
| Summary: | Unless current hand-held computers are found to be usable by site-based personnel the uptake of these new systems will be slow regardless the benefits available to these individuals and the project team as a whole. The technology to extend IT solutions to personnel in the field is available, but there is a preconception that site personnel are not IT literate and therefore will not be able, or willing, to take full advantage of the benefits that IT tools bring. This paper presents a methodology for assessing usability, describes the usability testing of hand held computers by site workers and concludes that this type of device will meet their needs. |
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| Year of publication: | 2003 |
| Series: | w78:2003 |
| ISSN: | 2706-6568 |
| Download paper: | /pdfs/w78-2003-47.content.pdf |
| Citation: | Bowden S, Thorpe A, Baldwin A (2003). Usability testing of hand held computing on a construction site. Amor R (editor) Proceedings of the CIB W78's 20th International Conference on Construction IT, Construction IT Bridging the Distance, CIB Report 284, ISBN 0-908689-71-3, Waiheke Island, New Zealand, 23-25 April 2003, pg. 47-55. (ISSN: 2706-6568), http://itc.scix.net/paper/w78-2003-47 |
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