Usability testing

Question 1

WHAT IS USABILITY TESTING?

Answer 1

‘It involves representative users attempting representative tasks in representative environments, on early prototypes or working versions of computer interfaces

Question 2

The goal in usability testing?

Answer 2

To improve the quality of an interface by finding flaw-areas

Discover what is working to keep:)

Question 3

Types of usability testing?

Answer 3

Expert-based testing, Automated testing, User-based testing

Question 4

Automated testing?

Answer 4

A software program that applies a series of guidelines to an interface, and determines where the interface doesn’t meet the guidelines

Question 5

Formative usability testing?

Answer 5

Takes place early in development (low-fidelity) and tends to be exploratory.
More about users’ perception.

Question 6

Summative usability testing?

Answer 6

Takes place when high-level design choices have already been made.

Question 7

validation test?

Answer 7

Used in the end-stages to validate the interface.

Question 8

Types of expert review?

Answer 8

heuristic review (heuristics compared to the interface)

consistency inspection (review of consistency)

cognitive walkthrough (experts simulates users)

guidelines review (compares to a written set of interface guidelines)