Usability Corner » Usability Testing http://usabilitycorner.com Some random thoughts about psychology, user experience, conscious thinking, design and technology Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 An Agile Alternative to the Ponderous Usability Test http://usabilitycorner.com/index.php/2008/10/20/an-agile-alternative-to-the-ponderous-usability-test/ http://usabilitycorner.com/index.php/2008/10/20/an-agile-alternative-to-the-ponderous-usability-test/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:29:46 +0000 Manish Vashist http://www.usabilitycorner.com/?p=53 [ad]

Robert Barlow-Busch argues that traditional usability testing is too slow to properly support an iterative approach to product design. He presents the “design checkpoint” as a complementary activity: an informal exercise in which 1 designer meets with 1 user for 1 hour every 1 or 2 weeks.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgxKyuglbT8

From the “7 Minute Soapbox on User Experience” in Waterloo, Ontario on June 14/07, in which speakers had exactly 7 minutes to present their ideas.

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