Everything about Usability testing
Technique in user-centered interaction design
Usability testing is a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users. This can be seen as an irreplaceable usability practice, since it gives direct input on how real users use the system. It is more concerned with the design intuitiveness of the product and tested with users who have no prior exposure to it. Such testing is paramount to the success of an end product as a fully functioning application that creates confusion amongst its users will not last for long. This is in contrast with usability inspection methods where experts use different methods to evaluate a user interface without involving users. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Usability testingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Usability Testing Via SimulationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Handbook of usability testingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Usability testing vs. heuristic evaluationCited 85 times
- Go sideways: UsabilityA closely related topic
- Go sideways: User researchA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Usability testing vs. heuristic evaluation
Crowdsourcing for usability testing
Remote usability testing
Usability evaluations versus usability testing: when and why?
Replacing usability testing with user dialogue
Stimulating change through usability testing
Usability Testing: A Case Study
Liberating usability testing
🆕 Influential since 2022
Usability Testing Via Simulation
Evaluation of Accounting Information System Using Usability Testing Method and System Usability Scale
Evaluasi Usability Aplikasi PeduliLindungi Menggunakan Metode Usability Testing dan System Usability Scale (SUS)
Team usability testing: development and validation of a groupware usability evaluation method
Usability Testing on the Simponik Website using the System Usability Scale (SUS)
📚 Books worth reading
Handbook of usability testingJeffrey Rubin, Jeffrey Rubin · 1994
Don't Make Me ThinkSteve Krug · 2000- 📕Usability TestingMorten Hertzum · 2020
Eyetracking web usabilityJakob Nielsen, Kara Pernice · 2007
Usability testing essentialsCarol M. Barnum · 2010
Usability TestingRebecca Blakiston · 2014
Moderating usability testsJoseph S. Dumas, Beth A. Loring · 2008- 📕Usability Testing of Medical DevicesJonathan Kendler, Allison Y. Strochlic · 2010
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🔗 Related topics
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- Usability engineering Usability engineering is a professional discipline that focuses on improving the usability of interactive systems. It draws on theories from computer science…
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- RITE Method RITE Method, for Rapid Iterative Testing and Evaluation, typically referred to as "RITE" testing, is an iterative usability method. It was defined by Michael…
- Heuristic evaluation A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface design. It…
- User interface design User interface (UI) design or user interface engineering is the design of user interfaces for machines and software, such as computers, home appliances…