Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. The availability heuristic (or availability bias) refers to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. Do you ever find yourself making a decision that you not ...

One of the stories that's making the rounds right now concerns Adam Orth, a (former) Creative Director at Microsoft who caused a ruckus by cramming his foot in his Twittermouth. He did so while ...

Using the same set of functional test cases across multiple projects without adapting them to the unique requirements or challenges of the current project.

Extra: Preece et al. Interaction Design, page 343 for an introduction to the method and section 13.4 for a basic description of the method. Read the box: Dilemma on page 411 as well. Definition: ...

Heuristic evaluation and usability testing are two of the most established methods to evaluate software for usability. When in doubt, one is the winner. Assessing the ease of use of a software is ...

I recently received a few questions about heuristics and thought the answers may be of broader interest than just to the person asking. 1- What is the difference between the detection by generic ...

Clinicians must make diagnostic treatment decisions using a large body of probabilistic information and process this information under the pressure of time and workload. The pressure of this task is ...