ICT usability tester

ICT usability testers ensure compliance with requirements and strive for optimal usability within the software engineering cycle phases (analysis, design, implementation, and deployment). They also work closely with users (analysts) to research for and document user profiles, analyse tasks, workflows, and user scenarios.

Alternative Labels

usability developer

usability specialist

usability testers

user-friendliness tester

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

address problems critically assess users' interaction with ICT applications conduct research interview create website wireframe execute ICT user research activities execute software tests measure software usability provide software testing documentation replicate customer software issues report test findings test for behavioural patterns test for emotional patterns use experience map

Essential Knowledge

application usability behavioural science human-computer interaction levels of software testing

Optional Skills and Competences

conduct ICT code review debug software design user interface develop ICT test suite develop automated software tests manage schedule of tasks use markup languages use scripting programming

Optional Knowledge

AJAX Agile project management ICT debugging tools ICT project management methodologies JavaScript LDAP LINQ Lean project management MDX N1QL PHP Process-based management SPARQL XQuery cognitive psychology query languages resource description framework query language tools for ICT test automation unstructured data visual presentation techniques web programming

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5f50290d-f520-4a69-85c7-1390d2a4a8b6

Status

released

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