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Nielsen Norman Group

Assessing UX Designs Using Proven Principles

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There’s no replacement for true user research, but UX assessments can act as a valuable supplement to user data.

Syllabus

What you will learn

Understand UX assessments

  • How they fit alongside user research
  • UX teardowns, design reviews, and competitive analyses
  • Heuristics, best practices, and design principles

Learn the benefits of UX assessments

  • Identifying potential usability issues and areas for improvement
  • Determining whether user interface principles and best practices are in place
  • Conducting a comparable UX assessment of competing product experiences
  • Prioritizing product roadmaps when there is no time for research or data collection, or when another perspective is needed

How to select a usability inspection method

  • Heuristic analysis
  • Pluralistic and cognitive walkthroughs
  • Consistency and standards reviews
  • The PURE method for quantifying ease of use

Taught by

Christian Rohrer

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