Tag: pilot test

  • Testing in the wild defined

    Lately I’ve been talking a lot about “usability testing in the wild.” There are a lot of people out there who make their livings as usability practitioners. Those people know that the conventional way to do usability testing is in a laboratory setting. If you have come to this blog from outside the world of…

  • The importance of rehearsal

    You have designed a study. Everyone seems to be buying in. Scheduling participants is working out and the mix looks good. What’s left to be done except just doing the sessions? Three things: Practice. Practice. Practice. There are three rounds of practice that I do before I do a “real” session. Jeez, I can hear…