8 Tips on how to conduct Usability Testings

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Usability Testings

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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.



TIP 2Avoid words like “usability testing” or “market research” when talking to your participantsresearch” when talking to your participants. Use easy plain English.



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.



TIP 4Choose the right tasks to test. Tasks should be aligned with the application objectivesaligned with the application objectives.



TIP 5Don’t give your subjects direct instructions. Create scenarios and word the tasks around them.



Only give participants one task at a time and provide any additional information on the same form.



TIPBehave yourself! As a facilitator, e ave you se ! s a ac a o ,be quiet, neutral and if in doubt, shut up!



T t l T t ft Li tTest early. Test often. Listen



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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8 Tips on how to conduct Usability Testings