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How To Do a Quick-And-Dirty Usability Test 😏
I finished the book The User Experience Team of One and learned so much from it. Also, getting a bunch of ideas on how to improve my process and UX practices.
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Let me tell you, this book was such a fun read! After each chapter, I was saying out loud: Hmm, oh, interesting, aha! And if you don’t know, I have read a couple of UX books already, and this one was the most impressive so far. Not to mention the comprehensive design and layout of the book that made my slow-reader brain dance every day.
It’s packed with advice and great tips as well as suggestions. My favourite is the “meat”. There is a part after each method called “If you can only do one of these, do X.”, and love it since it narrows down the choice and makes you put your project into perspective. Now again it depends on the methodology your team uses and if you have the time and resources to execute them. As with everything in life and the design industry take into consideration your situation and if this applies to you and the work you do.
Take everything with a pinch of salt.
The 5-second Test
What I took advantage of was the 5-second test which was what we needed to test out the first impressions with my client's prototype and see and hear how comprehensive the design is for users. This test proved to be quite useful and since it was about recalling what the users remember after looking at the design for around 5 seconds, I put it at the beginning of the usability testing before giving the instructions for the task and then asking for additional questions related to the product.
Disclaimer: After the first test I needed to mention that I haven’t designed the prototype for the participants to not hold back or try to be polite.
