Celstream Technologies
Integrating Usability in the Product Development Process
As competition in the software products and solutions marketplace hots up, Usability can be a key product differentiator that can make or break the product. In most cases of product development, Usability is an afterthought and recommendations are either not taken up in the first release or can prove costly and affect schedule when changes are incorporated too late in the software development lifecycle. Experts worldwide recommend integrating Usability at various stages within the Product Development Lifecycle. This talk will take the audience through the benefits of doing so and provide some practical insight into Usability Engineering.
Muralidhar Koteshwar is a graduate of IIT Madras and has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry in roles spanning the complete software product lifecycle.
An opportunity to be part of India’s national initiative in Supercomputing beckoned in 1992 and he was soon involved in architecting advanced computing solutions based on the PARAM supercomputer. In 1996 he joined the TATA group and held several roles spanning Product Definition, Product Management and Corporate Communications.
For the last six years, he has been with Celstream Technologies, a renowned Product Engineering Company in various capacities driving Usability, Requirements Management, and Quality. He currently heads the Tools and Competency Development.