Book description
It's been known for years that usability testing can
dramatically improve products. But with a typical price tag of
$5,000 to $10,000 for a usability consultant to conduct each round
of tests, it rarely happens.
In this how-to companion to Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense
Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug spells out a streamlined
approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their
own Web site, application, or other product. (As he said in
Don't Make Me Think, "It's not rocket surgery".)
Using practical advice, plenty of illustrations, and his trademark
humor, Steve explains how to:
Test any design, from a sketch on a napkin to a fully-functioning Web site or application
Keep your focus on finding the most important problems (because no one has the time or resources to fix them all)
Fix the problems that you find, using his "The least you can do" approach
By paring the process of testing and fixing products down to its essentials ("A morning a month, that's all we ask"), Rocket Surgery makes it realistic for teams to test early and often, catching problems while it's still easy to fix them. Rocket Surgery Made Easy adds demonstration videos to the proven mix of clear writing, before-and-after examples, witty illustrations, and practical advice that made Don't Make Me Think so popular.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Opening Remarks Call me Ishmael
-
Finding Usability Problems
- Chapter 1. You don't see any elephants around here, do you?
- Chapter 2. I will now saw my [lovely] assistant in half
- Chapter 3. A morning a month, that's all we ask
- Chapter 4. What do you test, and when do you test it?
- Chapter 5. Recruit loosely and grade on a curve
- Chapter 6. Find some things for them to do
- Chapter 7. Some boring checklists
- Chapter 8. Mind reading made easy
- Chapter 9. Make it a spectator sport
- Fixing Usability Problems
- The Road Ahead
- Sample test script and consent form
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2009
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780321657299
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