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usability engineering

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usability engineering

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The methods of assessing usability and deriving structured recommendations from the results of an usability test with respect to user needs and behaviours in order to achieve efficient and elegant user interface design.

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usability engineering

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DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders and with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

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Current version: ESCO v1.2 (Last update 15/05/2024)