usability inspection
{{Short description|Methods used to evaluate a user interface}}
Usability inspection is the name for a set of methods where an evaluator inspects a user interface. This is in contrast to usability testing where the usability of the interface is evaluated by testing it on real users. Usability inspections can generally be used early in the development process by evaluating prototypes or specifications for the system that can't be tested on users. Usability inspection methods are generally considered to be less costly to implement than testing on users.Nielsen, Jakob. Usability Inspection Methods. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1994
Usability inspection methods include:
- Cognitive walkthrough (task-specific)
- Pluralistic walkthrough
- Heuristic evaluation (general), or (domain or culture-specific){{Cite journal|last1=Nizamani|first1=Sehrish|last2=Khoumbati|first2=Khalil|last3=Nizamani|first3=Sarwat|last4=Memon|first4=Shahzad|last5=Nizamani|first5=Saad|last6=Laghari|first6=Gulsher|date=2021-03-20|title=A methodology for domain and culture-oriented heuristics creation and validation|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2021.1903080|journal=Behaviour & Information Technology|pages=1–27|doi=10.1080/0144929X.2021.1903080|s2cid=233682515|issn=0144-929X|url-access=subscription}}
- Action Analysis
- Guideline scoring or testing{{Cite journal|last1=Nizamani|first1=S.|last2=Khoumbati|first2=K.|last3=Nizamani|first3=Sarwat|last4=Memon|first4=S.|last5=Nizamani|first5=Saad|date=2019-03-06|title=Usability evaluation of the top 10 Universities of Pakistan through Guideline Scoring|url=https://sujo-old.usindh.edu.pk/index.php/SURJ/article/view/4881|journal=Sindh University Research Journal: Science Series|language=en|volume=51|issue=1|pages=151–158|doi=10.26692/sujo/2019.01.27|s2cid=196182134|issn=1813-1743|url-access=subscription|doi-access=free}}