Usability Testing Quiz

How much are you thinking about usability in your design process?

Take the Wavefront Usability Quiz to determine how well you are currently integrating user centered design practices.  Select the answer that best represents you and your team’s approach.  

1.    In order to usability test your application you:
       a.    Test it Yourself – if you can use it everyone can!
       b.    Find a Developer friend to test it for you.
       c.    Contact Wavefront to take advantage of their usability testing services.

2.    How do you feel about usability?
       a.    It is something that costs extra money, which is something that we don’t have.
       b.    I heard it is important, but not sure how it applies to me.
       c.    It is an essential part of our process.

3.    When you came up with your great idea for your mobile application, did you think:
       a.    ‘We would use this application so why wouldn’t everyone else?’
       b.    ‘We really should figure out who would use this but we don’t have time.’
       c.    ‘Let’s figure out who would use and then take it from there.’

4.    When you talk about your users, do you:
       a.    Secretly make fun of them with your developer friends?
       b.    Not sure who they are, but we love our application.
       c.    Imagine them having a great time with our product?

5.    How do you feel about following Mobile UI best practices?
       a.    They don’t apply to me because my application is so unique.
       b.    I know I should read them, but not sure which ones apply to me.
       c.    They have been helpful in making my application better.

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