simply useful

Practical Usability Evaluation

Usability testing conjures up images of sophisticated cameras, one-way mirrors and other expensive equipment. It doesn't have to. We'll show you how to save time and money and still get the results you need.

You'll Learn Who Should Attend? Course Outline

PDF icon download course outline

Introduction
Course Overview
Exercise 1: What is a Usability Test?

Basic Components of a Usability Test
Tests, Users, Tasks and Observation
Exercise 2: A Quick Usability Test

Is Your Product Robust Enough to Test?
Current applications or tools
Electronic prototypes
Low-tech prototypes
Concepts or what ifs
Comparison of products and usability tests

Creating Effective Scenarios
Writing the scenario and deciding what to test
Ordering your scenarios
Dry runs and benchmarking
Exercise 3: Walking through the Scenarios

Participation: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
Finding people to participate
What to learn and not learn from your participants

If You're Not Watching, Who Is?
What to observe
How to identify problems

The Myths and Truths
6 myths & amp; 5 truths

Getting The Most From Your Test
Why iterate
Developing Personas and Profiles
Exercise 4: Branding for Information

Summary

 
.