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heuristic evaluation
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heuristic evaluation	can be performed on a finished system or a prototype
	has definition The process of systematically looking for usability defects in a user interface, based on a set of usability guidelines or principles
	has steps pick some user cases to evaluate, focussing initially on the most important ones for each window, page or dialog that appears during the execution of the use case, study it in detail to look for possible usability defects: violations of the principles and guidelines (the heuristics) discussed in the previous section write down a description of each defect and any ideas for how the defect might be fixed
	is a subtopic of 7.6 - Evaluating User Interfaces
	is a kind of usability evaluation
usability evaluation	must adhere to ethical principle of usability evaluation
process	see also process^2