Resources for usability testing
Filed Under Usability, Help, Resources, Testing | Posted on August 1, 2008
Previous articles covered some details about usability testing. I hope by now I have been able to cover some details of what usability testing is, why it is important, and some tips / issues that one needs to cover. However, there is always more that you can explore, read about, and hence you should have […]
Guidelines for usability testing
Filed Under Usability, Testing | Posted on June 29, 2008
When we were going in for usability testing, I was part of the team that would evaluate the results from the usability testing, and it was important for me to understand more about the usability testing process. Besides understanding the need for usability testing and the process, it was also important for the team to […]
Usability testing tools
Filed Under Usability, Tools, Testing | Posted on June 7, 2008
Usability testing is a part of the development life cycle that is pretty critical. It is part of the series of steps (along with user testing and beta testing) that validate whether the product (and the features) are actually usable by the actual end users; feedback from this stage can make a difference between […]
Usability testing methods
Filed Under Usability, Techniques, Testing | Posted on June 7, 2008
Usability testing can take the form of several methods and techniques (depending on the situation and need):
Cognitive Walkthrough: Performed continually during the development cycle, cognitive workflows try to evaluate the system from a user’s thought process that help in decision making (these include the ability to reason as well as other factors such as memory […]
About usability testing and timing
Filed Under Usability, Benefits, Testing, Process, Development | Posted on June 7, 2008
Suppose you are in a tight development cycle. You have to deliver either a new product, or the next version of an existing product. Getting the features of a product right is always a touch task, given that there are a number of competing features that seem important, and prioritizing the features is something that […]
Usability testing process
Filed Under Usability, Testing, Process | Posted on May 16, 2008
Usability testing can make a lot of difference to the ultimate success of the products of the company, and needs to be well planned. If you do the test wrong, or have some of the parameters wrong, then this could have negative results for the company (in addition, you could end up letting the key […]
Benefits of usability testing
Filed Under Usability, UI, Benefits, Testing | Posted on April 24, 2008
Why is there such a lot of focus on doing proper usability testing ? Whenever there is any discussion of doing a product and plans are drawn, doing usability testing is deemed as a critical part of the overall plan. What are the benefits of doing usability testing and what can you learn about your […]
Testing details during the SDLC phases
Filed Under Requirements, Coding, Testing, Development | Posted on April 6, 2008
Details of testing requirements during broad phases of the SDLC:
REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
Test activities that should be performed during this stage are:
• Have a clear, concise and formal statement of the requirements; this means that the requirements statement should record the information as
1. What the program must do?
2. The input and data formats?
3. The output data formats?
4. How exceptions, errors and deviations […]
Summary of testing needs during the SDLC
Filed Under Testing, SDLC | Posted on April 6, 2008
There is an often asked question about when testing should occur in the overall product development cycle?
Testing is sometimes incorrectly thought as an after-the-fact activity. Instead, testing should be performed at every development stage of the product. Test data sets must be derived and their correctness and consistency should be monitored throughout the development process. […]
Usability testing - A summary of key concepts
Filed Under Usability, Benefits, Testing | Posted on March 19, 2008
Usability testing is a technique used 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. This is in contrast with usability inspection methods where experts use different methods to evaluate a user interface without […]
