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Evaluating Learnability and Accessibility of a Software for Engineers: Case of Model Server Manager (MSM) at Jotne

Ahmad, Faizan
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2018
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Abstract
Learnability and accessibility are fundamental aspects of every system. They are important qualities that

make a system easily and quickly usable and understandable by new users as well as users with

disabilities. There is a swift growth in the need of ICT-solutions that are learnable and accessible to

everyone partly due to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and country-specific

anti-discrimination laws that require design of accessible ICT systems for all, including persons with

disabilities. Beside compliance to the laws, designing products which are easily understandable and

usable by larger group of users, including people with disabilities, would establish the competitive

advantage of an organization. There have been usability and accessibility guidelines that could be used to

ensure accessibility and usability of software and web-based systems. There have also been guidelines

specific to learnability proposed by some researchers.

This study aims to evaluate learnability and accessibility of a software Model Server Manager (MSM) which

is developed by Jotne IT, a company in Norway, and recommend solutions that could improve its

learnability and accessibility in future updates of the software. The study used a combination of heuristic

evaluation performed by the author and a developer of MSM followed by online interviews with the users of

MSM. The data collected was analyzed through thematic analysis.

This research found some problems which could be related to the low-level adoption of accessibility

guidelines and the requirements for universal design. Some of the problems are easy to fix while the others

require some changes in organizational routines. The solutions recommended include development of

organizational guidelines, development of heuristics which can be used by developers to ensure

accessibility and learnability of future products, and competence development of programmers on

accessibility and universal design, these measures could be helpful not only to MSM but also to other

drafting tools which are used by engineers.
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OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University

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