public/subjects/user-experience/piscine-ui/heuristics

Audit

Context:

Welcome to this very last quest!

The point is to take on the role of a UX auditor. You’ll be asked to make the audit of a website or an app, and then to write a series of recommendations to improve it.

Let’s be critical, creative and impactful!

Instructions

Run a heuristic audit on one of these 3 different websites or app:

• https://www.ikea.com/
• https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
• App WikiArt

Recommended steps:

• Define the scope.
  1. Know the business requirements and demographic of the end-users.
  2. Decide on which reporting tools and heuristics to use (in this case: this heuristic evaluation checklist).
  3. Evaluate the experience and identify usability issues.
  4. Analyze and aggregate the data.
  5. Present the results.

Deliverables

• A completed chart.
• A report including the 5 recommended steps described above.

Don't forget to:

• Upload the documents on Github, in a zip folder named “ProjectTitle_Name_FirstName”, with all project deliverables as follows: “Name_FirstName_DeliverableName_Date_VersionNumber”. For example, the first deliverable can be named as “Doe_John_MidFiPrototype_05242024_V1”.
• Add a title within all written documents.

Tips:

• Pay attention to the global aspect of the deliverables. They must be clear, simple and easy to read. You can get inspiration canva but don’t overload your design with too much details!

Resources:

• Introduction to heuristic evaluation: a beginner’s guide
• Nielsen's 10 usability heuristics
• What you really get from a heuristic evaluation
• Heuristic analysis for UX: How to run a usability evaluation
• Heuristic analysis in the design process
• A new usability heuristic evaluation checklist
• Tool : Heuristic evaluation checklist

Recommendations

Instructions

Based on the audit you made in "Heuristic audit" exercise, write a set of 3 to 6 recommendations to improve heuristics and usability.

Websites or Apps:

• https://www.ikea.com/
• https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
• App WikiArt.

Deliverable:

• A PDF document with 3 to 6 recommendations.

Don't forget to:

• Upload the PDF document on Github, labeled as follows: “Name_FirstName_DeliverableName_Date_VersionNumber”. For example, it can be labeled as “Doe_John_MidFiPrototype_05242024_V1”.
• Add a title within the document.

Tips:

• Classify your recommendations in heuristic criteria.
• Pay attention to the global aspect of the document. It must be clear, simple and easy to read. You can get inspiration canva but don’t overload your design with too much details!