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Design rules for UCD

In order to develop highly usable software applications, designers need to follow certain kind of rules. They provide the understanding of how specific design decisions will affect the final product.

In addition, there are several sciences like psychology, sociology, economics and computational theory that can support this design rules.

It is possible to classify this rules within two categories, guidelines and standards, according to their authority and generality.


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