324 Copyright © 2010, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Chapter 17 Applying the WDP Technique to Usability Inspections in Web Development Organizations Tayana Conte Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil Verônica T. Vaz PESC – COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil Jobson Massolar PESC – COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil Andrew Bott Fundação COPPETEC, Brazil Emilia Mendes University of Auckland, New Zealand Guilherme H. Travassos PESC – COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil abStract This chapter presents the WDP (Web Design Perspectives-based Usability Evaluation), an inspection technique specifcally designed to assess the usability of Web applications. This technique combines Web design perspectives and the heuristic evaluation method proposed by Nielsen (1994b). In addition to describing the components of the WDP technique this chapter also illustrates its use in practice by means of an industrial case study where the technique is applied to inspect a real Web application. In this case study, developers and requirement assessment staff applied the WDP technique to evaluate the usability of modules developed from scratch for a Web application. The results of this case study indicate the feasibility of performing usability inspections with the participation of a software project’s stakeholders, even when stakeholders are not usability experts. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-896-3.ch017