Icon Design for Older Users of Project Management Software

Christina Bröhl; Jennifer Bützler; Nicole Jochems; Christopher M. Schlick

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39265-8_14

Icon Design for Older Users of Project Management Software

Christina Bröhl, Jennifer Bützler, Nicole Jochems, Christopher M. Schlick

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Working in projects is an important part of many jobs in service industry. Due to their knowledge and experience project planning is often accomplished by older employees. Therefore, and with regard to the demographic change an integration of the needs of older employees into the work environment is required. Common to most IT-based systems, including project management software, is the use of icons. To investigate different icon sets in project management software, regarding age related differences, two studies were conducted. The first study aimed at investigating two different icon sets regarding execution times and eye movements in an applied setting. The second study consisted of a questionnaire where subjects had to map different icons to their corresponding functions and had to compare these icons regarding their intuitiveness. Results revealed that older users profit from an icon design which is low in complexity but no impact by different icon designs was found for younger users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Contexts of Use
Editors	Masaaki Kurosu
Number of pages	9
Volume	8006
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date	2013
Pages	127-135
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-39264-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-39265-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39265-8_14
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Las Vegas, United States Duration: 21.07.2013 → 26.07.2013

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Bröhl, C, Bützler, J, Jochems, N & Schlick, CM 2013, Icon Design for Older Users of Project Management Software. in M Kurosu (ed.), Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Contexts of Use. vol. 8006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol. 8006, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 127-135, 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 21.07.13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39265-8_14

Icon Design for Older Users of Project Management Software. / Bröhl, Christina; Bützler, Jennifer; Jochems, Nicole et al.
Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Contexts of Use. ed. / Masaaki Kurosu. Vol. 8006 Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. p. 127-135 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; Vol. 8006).

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