Usability Associates - we apply usability engineering to product and system design.

Usability Associates
38 Montpelier Circle
Rochester, NY 14618
585.442.0499

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Welcome to Usability Associates. We would like to answer your questions about applying usability engineering to product and system design. You may know this expertise as human factors, human engineering, user-centered design, user interface design or other synonymous terms. Regardless of the name, the intention is the same - to make sure that development includes the user as one of the system components.

Latest News December 2007 - A new article: "Use Error Hazards from a Popular Emergency Department Information System."

Read the details in Publications.

Typical Questions

	What is Human Factors as applied to product development?
	How do I know if I need Human Factors?
	What value do I get from using Human Factors?
	How do I get the right kind of help for a project or a problem?
	How can Usability Associates help me?

If your question is not in the list, please send it to us. You will get a prompt response.

Company Profile

Usability Associates (UA) is a consulting firm that helps companies build usability into

	products sold in the marketplace
	internal systems used by employees
	web sites used internally or externally

We work collaboratively with you to make user focus a driving force during the development cycle from concept creation to customer ownership. The objectives are to accrue for your company (1) the cost savings that usability brings to the development and support processes and (2) the competitive and productivity benefits it generates from satisfied users.

The President, Stan Caplan, is a Board Certified Human Factors Professional with many years of experience in user-centered design.

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