Overall Goal

The purpose of usability testing for Earchdata Search is to watch real users attempt tasks that are designed to lead users down a path that touches on key tools and features. Validation that these tools are intuitive or feedback on what could be improved upon are both good outcomes of a testing session.

See also EED Usability Testing for a general usability testing process overview

Usability Study Action Items

Following each study, findings and recommendations are presented to ESDIS. Once those have been presented and reviewed, corresponding JIRA tickets are created to begin the work-off process. See the links below for an overview of tickets created from past usability study sessions.