UX & usability review: Project self-assessment
Open-source tools can use this form to request a UX and usability review. The answers you submit will be shared in confidence with a user-experience reviewer to help identify the potential scope of the engagement.
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Contact & Background
Project name *
Project website (if applicable)
Contact name *
Contact email *
Does the project have specific dates that constrain or motivate a UX review (e.g., deadlines or release targets)?
Has your project undergone a third-party security audit within the past two years?
Clear selection
Are you willing to allow results of a UX review to be posted publicly by OTF and/or Simply Secure?
Clear selection
Platforms and logistics
What hardware and software does the review team need to assist with your project?
What platforms does the software project run on?
What tools or systems does your team use to communicate about the tool’s interface and user experience more broadly (e.g., wireframes on InVision, bugs on Github)? Please provide links to the relevant folders or repositories if possible.
Is there anything else we need to know about how your team members test or communicate among themselves about the user experience of the project?
Categories of Concern
Below lists common categories of UX concern. Please rate the applicability of each category to your project and what you consider to be its current priority. For example, 0 means it is not applicable to your project, 1 means it is applicable but of low priority, and 3 means it is applicable and a high priority.
Overall user experience and usability – making sure users can do what they want to do, and that they feel good about it
Clear selection
Visual design – the look and feel of the interface
Clear selection
First-use experience – how users get started using the project
Clear selection
The textual content of the interface – the words and phrasing that help users understand what’s going on in the software
Clear selection
Localization (for referrals to the Localization Lab) – making sure the software is useful and accessible to people from different locales
Clear selection
Increasing user adoption & clarifying value proposition – making sure users understand what the tool is, and helping motivate them to use it
Clear selection
Understanding users – helping the software team learn more about what users want and need
Clear selection
Cross-platform consistency – making sure the user experience is coherent on different operating systems
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Other – If we are missing something, let us know here with your rating of priority.
UX components of concern
Below lists common components of user experience. Please rate your the applicability of each component and what you consider to be its current priority. For example, 0 means it is not applicable to your project, 1 means it is applicable but of low priority, and 3 means it is applicable and a high priority.
Mobile app(s)
Clear selection
Desktop app(s)
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Web app
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Website (i.e., the website that tells users *about* the project)
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Documentation and/or help content
Clear selection
Mechanisms of receiving or collecting user feedback (e.g., an in-app form or user forum)
Clear selection
Other – If we are missing something, let us know here with your rating of priority.
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