Usability of Mobile Applications - Dissemination of Usability Engineering in Small and Medium Enterprises

Abstract

This paper starts from the idea that mobile enterprise software has great potential in the future but needs to fulfil usability requirements to be successful. Following mobile enterprise software Mobile enterprise software is explained with the established software engineering processes. Related to this topic usability engineering is presented with relevance to the utilization in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The relevance of the target group SMEs is demonstrated using the example of Germany. The integrated user-centered method for mobile enterprise software development integrating usability is presented. The paper closes with an analysis of the needed future research in this field.