The DigitalGov User Experience Program, formerly known as GSA’s First Fridays Testing Program, focuses exclusively on improving federal digital products such as websites, mobile sites, and...
The Traditional Clearance process is one of the two processes for obtaining PRA clearance. Traditional Clearance Process requires a 60-day Federal Register notice. If certain requirements...
The Fast-Track Clearance process is one of the two processes for obtaining PRA clearance. If the requirements are met below, the collection may be submitted for Fast-Track clearance, which...
To avoid overburdening the public with federally sponsored data collections, the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 requires that U.S. federal government agencies obtain Office of...
The user-centered design process is composed of several methods and tasks related to website development. The type of site you are developing, your requirements, team, timeline, and the...
User research focuses on understanding user behaviors, needs, and motivations through observation techniques, task analysis, and other feedback methodologies. Mike Kuniaysky further notes...
Usability testing refers to evaluating a product or service by testing it with representative users. Typically, during a test, participants will try to complete typical tasks while...
During these interviews, researchers watch and listen as users work in the user’s own environment, as opposed to being in a lab. Contextual interviews tend to be more natural and sometimes...
In individual interviews, an interviewer talks with one user for 30 minutes to an hour. Individual interviews allow you to probe their attitudes, beliefs, desires, and experiences to get a...