testing documents: a quick introduction to usability testing for clarity international london
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Testing documentsA quick introduction to usability testing
Clarity InternationalLondon meeting28 January 2016
Caroline JarrettEffortmark Ltd@cjforms
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Usability: use something to do something
“The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.”
ISO 9241:11
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:9241:-11:ed-1:v1:en
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Usability: use something to do something
“The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.”
ISO 9241:11
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:9241:-11:ed-1:v1:en
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Usability of a sign• The product• The users• The specified goal• The context of use
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Usability testing:watching a user try to achieve the goal• Participants are real users• Participants do real tasks• You observe and record what participants do• You think about what you saw:
– Analyze data, – Diagnose problems, – Recommend changes.
• Make changes and test again
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Usability test of a sign
• Work out how long it will take you to walk to the station
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Work out how long it will take you to walk to the station
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Usability testing:watching a user try to achieve the goal• Participants represent real users• Participants do real tasks• You observe and record what participants do• You think about what you saw:
– Analyze data, – Diagnose problems, – Recommend changes.
• Make changes and test again
Image credit: Caroline Jarrett
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Work out how long it will take you to walk to the station
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Testing legal documents can be a bit trickier
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APPLE, ISSUER, AND THEIR LICENSEES, AFFILIATES, AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO GIFT CERTIFICATES, ITUNES CARDS OR CODES, CONTENT CODES, ALLOWANCES, OR THE ITUNES STORE, APP STORE, MAC APP STORE, OR IBOOKS STORE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN THE EVENT THAT A GIFT CERTIFICATE, ITUNES CARD OR CODE, CONTENT CODE, OR ALLOWANCE IS NONFUNCTIONAL, YOUR SOLE REMEDY, AND OUR SOLE LIABILITY, SHALL BE THE REPLACEMENT OF SUCH GIFT CERTIFICATE, ITUNES CARD OR CODE, CONTENT CODE, OR ALLOWANCE. THESE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html
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https://userresearch.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/01/what-does-this-mean-tips-for-testing-your-words/
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https://userresearch.blog.gov.uk/2014/09/02/a-simple-technique-for-evaluating-content/
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Usability: use something to do something
“The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.”
ISO 9241:11
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:9241:-11:ed-1:v1:en
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17http://modelcommerciallease.co.uk/
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5.1 Quiet enjoyment
The Tenant may peaceably hold and enjoy the Premises during the Term without any interruption by the Landlord or any person lawfully claiming under or in trust for the Landlord except as permitted by this Lease.
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5.1 Quiet enjoyment
The Tenant may peaceably hold and enjoy the Premises during the Term without any interruption by the Landlord or any person lawfully claiming under or in trust for the Landlord except as permitted by this Lease.
Familiar Unfamiliar
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Martin is renting a small unit in a shopping centre for use as a second-hand bookshop on a short lease.
He's negotiated a rent of £4000 a year.
Cash flow is tight so he wants to know exactly what he has to pay and on what date, and whether there will be any extras.
Helps with answer Doesn’t help
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Usability test of a clause
• What did we learn?
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Choose a pair of topics that are relevant to the goalIf the specified goal is… You might ask users to mark up …Provide an answer Helps with answer Doesn’t help
Explain an obligation Helps to explain Confuses / unhelpful
Record an agreement Point of agreement Point of disagreement
Create confidence Increases confidence Decreases confidence
Use familiar words Familiar words Unfamiliar words
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Usability: use something to do something
“The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.”
ISO 9241:11
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:9241:-11:ed-1:v1:en
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Usability testing:watching a user try to achieve the goal• Participants are real users• Participants do real tasks• You observe and record what participants do• You think about what you saw:
– Analyze data, – Diagnose problems, – Recommend changes.
• Make changes and test again
Image credit: Caroline Jarrett