Re:You Only Need to Test with 5 Users (2000)
by Etheryte on Monday July 15, 2019 @03:23AM
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This might sound condescending, but it is a good point. Anyone can be a test user, you don't need to formally hire people with a contract etc (unless your work is contractually classified, but that's a whole other bag of beans). You can ask colleagues from other departments, people at a coffee shop, friends etc.
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Re:You Only Need to Test with 5 Users (2000)
by tobbebex on Monday July 15, 2019 @05:46AM
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It depends on the userbase. I write medical imaging software intended to be used by MDs, and can’t just ask a random person at a coffeshop to try to establish a certain cancer diagnosis using our software. Finding candidates that have time for usability testing in that target group can be quite a challenge.