Evaluation of software usability in a food proposal system

In this study, the methods that have been defined in the literature in order to evaluate the usability of software systems, and the projects in which these methods are used have been examined and implemented to a system of vital importance which has been developed for diabetic pediatric patients to use. Coaching, co-discovery learning, performance measurement, question-asking protocol, remote testing, retrospective testing, shadowing, teaching and think-aloud protocol methods have been investigated and it has been discussed for which application areas different methods are suitable. Question-asking protocol which was selected among these methods was used for testing the developed software with suitable participants and necessary changes were made on the software in accordance with the results obtained. A software with increased usability has been developed with the feedbacks from real users.