Slides from FOWA Dublin, Uni session

1. User testing Tips ‘n techniques for user testing on a shoestring

3. No battle plan survives contact with the enemy Helmuth von Moltke (the Elder)

4. Why

5. Would this design have survived?

7. User testing should not be a luxury

8. Getting real (iQ Style) Web applications and websites are designed for real people. The best way to measure their success or failure is by testing with real people .

9. However, you don’t have the money or resources to hire usability consultants or conduct full-blown usability tests

10. Benefits of user testing If you are building an app for a client, i.e. not yourself, then it's something that you can charge for. I f you're building it for your company, it can remove the HiPPO effect . If you're a start-up, it can inform important design decisions

11. How

12. Does it work?

13. The who Friends and family Co-workers Students Recruit through an agency

14. The what: paper prototyping

15. The what: paper prototyping

16. The what: HTML prototypes

17. User test lab

18. User test lab

19. User test lab

20. User test output

22. Kaizen (continuous improvement)