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Product discovery & research · Core

Usability test

Also called: usability testing

ELI5

Watch people use the product and see where they struggle.

Used in conversation

“The usability test found that no one noticed the save state.”

Definition

A study observing people attempting tasks with a product or prototype to identify usability problems.

Here “Usability test” means: A study observing people attempting tasks with a product or prototype to identify usability problems.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 2

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.