Analysis of Website Evaluation Results

Numerical values have been extracted from the evaluations above and have been scored as follows. Questions one to three are scored out of six, four through nineteen are scored out of five and twenty through twenty four are also out of five but using a guestimate value as the questions require a written answer that is difficult to quantify. The maximum possible score is One Hundred and Twenty Three.

As can be seen from the above analysis, those sites considered Bad by a group member struggled to get a score of 50%, whereas those considered Good where above 70%.

Web site analysis or any analysis for that matter does not stop with a questionnaire. Analysis can take many forms and one often employed in the computer games, programmes and interactivity marketplace is that involving video and observation of the user to understand their mode of interaction with the product. Seeing how the user overcomes problems when the look and feel of a product is not what they are used to.

Evaluation is not a tool just for the completed product but is a tool that should be used at every stage of a products life cycle. During the development stage a prototype design can be used to ascertain if the product is what the client is essentially looking for. Thorough the development of a product such a Microsoft Office many evaluation stages are entered into to determine of the product is on track. Once the product has passed through this process it enters the user evaluation as descried above. Finally when the product is launched ongoing evaluation is used to determine the products future iterations.