Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide To Finding And Fixing Usability Problems (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Great resource for web designers! -- Or for anyone working on a project that needs to have a user-friendly polish. I learned a LOT about usability testing and how easy it can be. I'd like to run some usability tests in the future, and I've acquired many pointers of what to keep in mind and what you should prepare for. Krug has written this in a fun, easy-to-read manner. Great for beginners or advanced leaders at usability testing. Do you make websites, or contribute to them in some way? Then you should read this great little guide to 'discount' user testing. It'll tell you how to get it done on a tight budget, and point you in the right direction for further information. Krug has a nice breezy style, and I liked his sense of humour. He has decades of experience and knows exactly what questions you've got and how to answer them.I'm bang in the middle of the target market for this book: new to usability testing, with no budget and limited (but growing!) support in the workplace. I suppose people who know more about usability testing probably wouldn't get the same benefit from this beginner's guide. But if you're not sure whether or not testing is right for your site or business, this is the book to help you figure it out.
What do You think about Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide To Finding And Fixing Usability Problems (2009)?
Steve Krug's follow up book to "Don't Make Me Think". Good companion piece.
—nikhil
An excellent and really helpful book about usability testing.
—ari
Great how to guide for DIY usability testing
—nintendo562
