Abstract
Sapporo IT Carrozzeria project as “Knowledge Cluster Initiative” at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) ended at the end of March in 2007. The project which started in 2002 included a sub-project related to usability that aimed to promote quality in use of software of embedded system. Software development platform for output of user-interface specification was envisioned. The platform was composed of some tools for user research, requirement analysis and definition, user interface design and usability evaluation and so on. As a result of the project, some patents could be applied and new businesses could be organized. Consequently the project might make some impacts on Japanese industries. On the contrary various problems were highlighted in managing the project. The implication would be referred for next industry-government-academia research projects.
