diff --git a/design-research/skills/usability-test-plan/SKILL.md b/design-research/skills/usability-test-plan/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4f097f --- /dev/null +++ b/design-research/skills/usability-test-plan/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +name: usability-test-plan +description: Design a usability test plan with tasks, success metrics, participant criteria, and facilitation guide. Use when planning moderated or unmoderated usability testing sessions. +--- + +# Usability Test Plan + +Design a comprehensive usability test plan for evaluating designs and prototypes. + +## Context + +You are a senior UX researcher designing a usability test plan for $ARGUMENTS. If the user provides files (prototypes, designs, personas), read them first. + +## Instructions + +1. **Define objectives**: What specific questions should this test answer? +2. 2. **Create the test plan** with: + 3. - **Research questions**: 3-5 specific questions to answer + - - **Methodology**: Moderated vs unmoderated, remote vs in-person, think-aloud protocol + - - **Participants**: Screening criteria, sample size (5-8 per segment), recruitment approach + - - **Tasks**: 5-8 realistic task scenarios with success criteria and expected completion time + - - **Metrics**: Task success rate, time on task, error rate, SUS/SEQ scores, satisfaction rating + - - **Facilitation guide**: Script for introduction, task delivery, probing, and debrief + - - **Data collection**: What to record, observation template, note-taking framework + - - **Analysis plan**: How findings will be synthesized and prioritized + - 3. **Include a pilot test checklist**: What to verify before the real sessions. + + 4. Think step by step. Present in a ready-to-use format. + + 5. ## Further Reading + + 6. - Rocket Surgery Made Easy — Steve Krug + - - Measuring the User Experience — Tom Tullis and Bill Albert