Usability Heuristics (Nielsen's 10 Heuristics) — Roadmap Step & Resou…
A widely used checklist for spotting usability problems in any interface
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 2 days
- Roadmap: UX Design
Before this step
Mini projects
- Run a heuristic evaluation of a real app against Nielsen's 10 heuristics and document violations
Interview questions
- Pick one of Nielsen's heuristics and give a real example of an app violating it
Study resources
- 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design (Article) — Jakob Nielsen's original, foundational and still-canonical set of usability heuristics.
- Jakob Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics (Video) — A clear walkthrough of Nielsen's 10 heuristics with concrete examples.
Part of
- UX Design Foundations — section
- UX Design roadmap — the full learning path