Monday 26 March 2007

Cognitive Walkthrough

"In the cognitive walkthrough, experts follow the series of actions that an interface will require a user to perform in order to accomplish some task to check the interface for potential usability problems. Usually, the main focus of the cognitive walkthrough is to establish how easy a system is to learn. More specifically, the focus is on learning through exploration. Experience shows that many users prefer to learn how to use a system by exploring its functionality hands on, and not after sufficient training or examination of a user's manual. So the kinds of checks that are made during the walkthrough ask questions that address this exploratory kind of learning. To do this, the evaluators go through each step in the task and provide a story about why that step is or is not good for a new user." Definition given on course website.

Steps:
1.Start
2.Search
3.Search by Keyword
4.Enter Keyword through keyboard
5.A variety of the product is displayed
6.Select a product
7. Navigator provides user with shortest route to the product selected

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