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HOW TO DO IT
Preparation
A full-on usability test (say six to 10 users) can easily take three to four weeks from
conception to presentation ... whom to recruit, it’s time to write a screener and send it to
the recruiter. Make sure to discuss the screener with your recruiter and to walk
through it with at least two people in-house to ... notes on their observa-
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Although some things are going to be obvious, a formal analysis is necessary
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Guideline Reviews
Guideline reviews are inspections that use a set of design guidelines, ... per-
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If your inspectors are domain or HCI experts, then they are unlikely to need
any training before the session. If you have less experienced inspectors, it may...
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Guideline Reviews
Guideline reviews are inspections that use a set of design guidelines, such as a cor-
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A task is the sequence of steps a user will follow to achieve a specifi c goal.
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Voting on Brainstorming Ideas
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your defi ned categories. When you label your clusters, you will identify support-
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ITERATION 5: FROM PAPER PROTOTYPE TO CODED
PROTOTYPE
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