Usability Testing
Usability testing basically the testers tests the ease with which the user interfaces can be used. It tests that whether the application or the product built is user-friendly or not.
Usability Testing is a black box testing technique.
Usability testing also reveals whether users feel comfortable with your application or Web site according to different parameters – the flow, navigation and layout, speed and content – especially in comparison to prior or similar applications.
Usability Testing tests the following features of the software.
How easy it is to learn the software ?
How convenient is the software to end user?
Usability testing includes the following five components
Benefits of usability testing to the end user or the customer:
Better quality software
Software is easier to use
Software is more readily accepted by users
Shortens the learning curve for new users
Advantages of usability testing:
Usability test can be modified to cover many other types of testing such as functional testing, system integration testing unit testing, smoke testing, etc.
Usability testing can be very economical if planned properly, yet highly effective and beneficial.
If proper resources (experienced and creative testers) are used, usability test can help in fixing all the problems that user may face even before the system is finally released to the user. This may result in better performance and a standard system.
Usability testing can help in discovering potential bugs and potholes in the system which generally are not visible to developers and even escape the other type of testing.
UTrust can help our clients by providing comprehensive usability testing services that ensure their software applications are user-friendly, intuitive, and meet the expected user expectations. Here are some specific ways we can assist our clients with usability testing:
- Test Planning and Strategy: UTrust can work with our clients to develop a usability test plan and strategy that aligns with their business goals and objectives. Our usability test planning and strategy services can help our clients identify usability requirements, prioritize testing activities, and develop test cases and scenarios that cover all aspects of their software applications.
- Test Execution: UTrust can execute usability tests on our clients’ software applications, using manual and automated testing methods. Our test execution services can help our clients identify usability issues, while ensuring that their software applications are user-friendly, intuitive, and meet the expected user expectations.
- User Experience Testing: UTrust can perform user experience testing on our clients’ software applications, ensuring that they provide a positive and engaging user experience, while meeting the expected functional requirements and user expectations.
- Accessibility Testing: UTrust can perform accessibility testing on our clients’ software applications, ensuring that they are accessible and usable for users with disabilities, such as visual or hearing impairments. Our accessibility testing services can help our clients ensure that their software applications comply with accessibility standards, such as WCAG 2.0 and 2.1.
- User Interface Testing: UTrust can perform user interface testing on our clients’ software applications, ensuring that they are designed and developed to support different writing systems, character sets, and input methods. Our user interface testing services can help our clients identify user interface issues, while ensuring that their software applications are user-friendly and intuitive for users from different cultures and languages.
Overall, UTrust’s usability testing services can help our clients enhance user satisfaction, while ensuring that their software applications meet the expected functional requirements and user expectations, while reducing their risks and costs associated with usability issues and errors.