Usability
How easily and effectively people can accomplish their goals using a product or system, while having a positive experience.
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Building a Bureau-Wide Usability Collaboration Group: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Geological Survey
Learn about the U.S. Geological Survey’s Usability Collaboration Area in this short interview with the group’s organizer.
Involving End Users at All Stages To Create Actionable Science Products for Complex, Real-World Issues
How co-production methods increase the usefulness of scientific results, products, and tools
A User-Centered Approach: Simplicity and Complexity in a Homepage Graphic
A User-Centered Approach: Simplicity and Complexity in a Homepage Graphic—UX interns go through the redesign and testing process of a homepage graphic to communicate the scope the site.
How To Navigate Challenges to Successfully A/B Test Your Emails
The article will go over some best practices of implementing A/B testing on your emails.
How Testing Your Documents Can Improve Plain Language Compliance
Zero Pageviews Is Your Goal: Finding Problem Pages with Website Analytics
Improve customer experience by turning your website analytics upside down to track the numbers for pages you DON’T want visitors to see.
2020 Government UX Summit: July 28, 29, and 30
Introduction to remote moderated usability testing, part 1: What and why
An introduction to usability testing, why it’s important, and how to talk about things that aren’t required to do a usability test— via 18F
Collaborating for Better Design, Technology, and User Experience
Overview of initiatives across Federal government that focus on IT design, development and accessibility.
Redesigning an Intranet Site: Final Stages, Launch, and Lessons Learned
Helpful lessons from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) on the redesign of an intranet.
Finding Usability Testers: Tips from an Army Recruiter
An Army recruiter shares how her training in the Army has helped in her approach to usability testing, and gives a peek inside how usability testing works for USAJOBS.gov at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
A Conversation With ITIF About the State of Federal Government Websites
Since it’s been nearly six months since their report was released, we wanted to check in with ITIF and see what they’ve learned, what they’ve heard from agencies and what their future plans are to build on this research.