{"id":36,"date":"2010-08-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/measuringu.com\/living-legends\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T06:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T06:29:27","slug":"living-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/measuringu.com\/living-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Living Legends Of Usability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love them, hate them, admire them or ignore them. These seven living legends aren’t one-hit wonders. Their work has had and will continue to have a large impact on the field of usability for some time. Here they are in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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1. Joe Dumas<\/h3>\n

“Dr Usability” is author of dozens of articles on usability. His twenty-year old book “A Practical Guide to Usability Testing<\/a>” is still one of the best sources.\u00a0 Through his teaching at Bentley<\/a> and consulting he continues to inspire and guide practitioners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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2. Bonnie John<\/h3>\n

Head of the HCI program at Carnegie Mellon<\/a> and author of dozens of articles in HCI. Her work on cognitive modeling<\/a> (KLM & GOMS) continues to make this important method accessible.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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3. Jurek Kirakowski<\/h3>\n

Pioneer of measuring the perceptions of usability through standardized questionnaires such as SUMI and WAMMI. Humorous, gregarious and opinionated about all things quantitative and usability<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a04. James R Lewis<\/h3>\n

Author of dozens of papers, book chapters, patents<\/a> and a couple books on human factors and usability. When it comes to sample sizes, empirical methods and questionnaire development Jim’s work continues to lay the foundation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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5. Rolf Molich<\/h3>\n

Co-inventor of the Heuristic Evaluation method along with Jakob Nielsen. His iconoclastic and influential Comparative Usability Studies<\/a> continue to define our understanding of how much usability evaluators agree.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a06. Jakob Nielsen<\/h3>\n

Author of multiple books and dozens of articles on usability methods and popularizing “discount usability<\/a>“. His name is synonymous with usability (just check the Google AdWords search for usability).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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7. Jared Spool<\/h3>\n

Owner of one of the first and largest usability consulting firms<\/a>. When he’s not hosting his own annual conferences, his bombastic keynotes are challenging audiences at leading usability conferences including recommending Ouija boards over Eye-Trackers<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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