What Is a Heuristic Evaluation?

Heuristic Evaluation is a method used to evaluate software usability. Use a relatively simple, general, and heuristic set of usability rules for usability assessment.

Heuristic evaluation

Heuristic evaluation has the following characteristics:

1) Interactive experts use heuristic rules as a guide to assess whether user interface elements conform to principles

2) Interactive experts use role-playing methods to simulate typical users' use of products and find potential problems

3) The number of interactive experts participating in the assessment is not fixed

4) The cost is relatively low and fast, so it is also called "economic evaluation method"

5) The accuracy is not high

1) The observer explains the evaluation object

2) The evaluator knows or uses the evaluation object

3) Assessor evaluation

4) brainstorm

1) System status is visible

2) Matching of the system with the user's real world

3) User control and freedom

4) Consistency and standardization

5) Error prevention

6) cognition, not memory

7) Flexibility and efficiency of use

8) beautiful and refined design

9) Help users identify, diagnose and correct errors

10) Help and documentation