Usability tests can help teams develop products that are user-centered, accessible, and inclusive. This guide will help you create a robust plan to promote a successful usability test.
Usability tests can help teams develop products that are user-centered, accessible, and inclusive. This guide will help you conduct a successful usability test, from coordinating with participants to analyzing your findings.
This webpage links to materials ASPE has prepared as it leads work on how federal agencies and programs can meaningfully and effectively engage people with lived experience.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
This memo provides guidance on conducting usability testing under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), clarifying when PRA approval is required, and offering strategies for quickly implementing improvements based on usability feedback for federal forms and websites.
The Othering & Belonging Institute offers insight into research processes. The article is a part of the Institute's Transformative Research Toolkit, which focuses on centering lived experiences, valuing diverse ways of knowing, and influencing narratives and policies.
This article reviews two examples of how Nava has used open-source technologies to bring human-centered testing practices to government services software.
This toolkit is designed to support government agencies in evaluating the effectiveness of their public participation and community engagement (PPCE) activities.
The SDCI User Research Participant Compensation Policy establishes guidelines for providing honoraria to user research participants, ensuring equitable, ethical, and inclusive engagement in SDCI’s UX research.
Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections (SDCI)
In 2022, Nava formed its first-ever PAC as part of their initiative to help Montana’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program design a new recertification portal. Leveraging what Nava learned from this experience, this toolkit outlines the necessary steps to form a PAC, including planning a structure for the council, recruiting participants, and other logistics.
