tips on how to conduct usability testings
TIP 1Your friends are not the users.Recruit the right participants making sure that they
direpresent your target audience.
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
TIP 2Avoid words like “usability testing” or “market research” when talking to your participantsresearch” when talking to your participants. Use easy plain English.
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
TIP 3Warm them up! Ask a few informal questions b h l h b dabout the application that is going to be tested
before starting the test.
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
TIP 4Choose the right tasks to test. Tasks should be aligned with the application objectivesaligned with the application objectives.
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
TIP 5Don’t give your subjects direct instructions. Create scenarios and word the tasks around them.
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
Only give participants one task at a time and provide any additional information on the same form.
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
TIPBehave yourself! As a facilitator, e ave you se ! s a ac a o ,be quiet, neutral and if in doubt, shut up!
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
T t l T t ft Li tTest early. Test often. Listen
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tips on how to conduct usability testings
TIP 1. Your friends are not the users. Recruit the right participants making sure that they represent your target audiencerepresent your target audience.
TIP 2. Avoid words like “usability testing” or “market research” when talking to your participants. Use easy plain English.
TIP 3. Warm them up! Ask a few informal questions about the application that is going to be tested before starting the test.
TIP 4. Choose the right tasks to test. Tasks should be aligned with the application objectives.
TIP 5. Behave yourself! As a facilitator, be quiet, neutral and if in doubt, shut up!
TIP 6. Only give participants one task at a time and provide any additional information on the same form.
TIP 7. Behave yourself! As a facilitator, be quiet, neutral and if in doubt, shut up!
TIP 8. Test early. Test often. Listen
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