Expert Review

Overview

Expert review is a way for usability experts to find usability issues by using the product instead of having the subject use the product or service. Also called a heuristic evaluation.

Since no subject cooperation is required, the evaluation can be performed in a short period of time and can be performed at a relatively low cost. In addition, evaluations can be made even for evaluation targets that cannot be used by subjects, such as specifications and initial prototypes.

Features

Evaluation by an experienced consultant

Evaluators who perform expert reviews are required to have the ability to imagine the thoughts and actions of users. Consultants who perform expert evaluations on human interfaces have experienced a number of usability tests and have observed different types of users interacting with different products and getting stuck.

Find more realistic issues

Instead of checking specifications based on checklists, we check products from the user’s perspective by doing task-based walkthroughs, so we can report more likely issues.

Contents

The standard items included in this service are as follows:

• Evaluation planning
• Evaluation implementation
• Reporting

We will propose an appropriate evaluation plan according to your request and various conditions.

Output

The standard output is as follows:

Written Evaluation plan

This document describes the experimental design information necessary for conducting usability tests, such as the purpose of evaluation, scope of evaluation, method, target users, tasks, and schedule. It is also a document for confirming and agreeing on the contents of your request.

Report

The contents of a standard report are as follows:

• Evaluation outline: Test implementation details
• Issue List: A list of issues found in usability tests.
• Issue analysis: Describes the details of the issue, the probable cause, and the direction of improvement for the issue found in the usability test.

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