Consultant Methods, First Rule of Usability “Do Not Make the User Think,” Self-
Evident Interfaces, Clear Navigation Design, Malfunction Analysis, Malfunction
Detection by System and User, Undetected Malfunctions, Interface
Inefficiencies, Formative and Summative Evaluation, Physical Coordination
Errors, Recall and Memory Issues, Motivation and Attention Factors, Input
Information Processing, Discrimination Problems, Learning Difficulties, Interface
Evaluation Methods, Passive Evaluation Techniques, Active Evaluation
Experiments, Predictive Evaluation Heuristics, Likert Scale Measurement,
Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis, Structured and Unstructured
Interviews, Mean Median Mode Statistics, Independent and Dependent
Variables, Within-Subjects and Between-Subjects Testing, Nielsen H2 Heuristics
Principles, Interaction Style and Interaction Element Errors, Conceptual Model
Mismatch, Task-Level Failures, and UX Malfunction Prevention Strategies Exam
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Usability Consultant
Clients send their project over to this this individual to imitate the user and see where they
would get stuck
First Rule of Usability
Do not make the user think
, Self Evident
obvious, if you can't make it self evident, make it self explanatory
Clear
Going against the conventions is only worth it if the change/update is _______.
Navigation
The intent to find something
Malfunction Analysis
A disciplined approach to analyzing malfunctions
Malfunction Analysis Process
1. Search for malfunctions
2. Answer Four Distinct Questions
3. List and prioritize possible cures
Malfunctions detected by the system
Easiest to detect, omission of an argument, incorrect date format
Solution: Better prompts, consistency, visible examples