USER CRITERIA AND VALUES ADDED

Source: Robert S. Taylor

Value-Added Processes in Information Systems

USER CRITERIA OF CHOICE

VALUES ADDED BY SYSTEM INTERFACE

VALUES ADDED BY PROCESSES

     

EASE OF USE

Browsing

Alphabetizing

 

Formatting

Highlighting Important Terms

 

Mediation

 
 

Orientation

 
 

Ordering

 
 

Physical Accessibility

 
     

NOISE REDUCTION

Item Identification

Indexing

 

Subject Description

Vocabulary Control

 

Subject Summary (Abstract)

Filtering

 

Linkage

 
 

Precision

 
 

Selectivity

 
     

QUALITY

Accuracy

Quality Control

 

Comprehensiveness

Editing

 

Currency

Updating

 

Reliability

Analyzing and Comparing

 

Validity

Data

     

ADAPTABILITY

Closeness to Problem

Provision of Data Manipula-

 

Flexibility

tion Capabilities

 

Simplicity

Ranking Output for

 

Stimulatory

Relevance

     

TIME-SAVING

Response Speed

Reduction of Processing

   

Time

     

COST-SAVING

Cost-saving

Lower Conect Time Price