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Spreadsheet Instructions
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Use this spreadsheet with your team while you moderate and they observe UX studies. Throughout the document, all red text is a guide. Delete and replace the red text with your own information. Feel free to customize the document as needed to best record, analyze, and communicate your design research.
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NAME AND DATE: Enter Your Name and Date
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NAME OF USABILITY TEST: Enter the title for your usability test from your Test Plan.
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Step 1Make a copy of the master Rainbow Spreadsheet (File > Make a copy).
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Step 2Enter info about your participants under the “Participants Tab” at the bottom of the document. Red Text is a guide. Delete and replace with your errors, observations, and quotes.
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Step 3Customize the amount of participants to match your study in the "Participants" tab located at the bottom of this document. You should have at least 6 participants.
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Step 4Enter and organize your observations from the Affinity Diagram in the “Usability Test Results” tab at the bottom of this document. For each error, observation, and quote, color the cell of the corresponding participant. If the same observation occurs for another participant, color his or her cell, as well. Add up the "Total" number of times an error or observation occurs in the "TOTAL" column.
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Step 5Propose “Possible Solutions & Next Steps” to help influence future iterations of your design and prototype.
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BONUSRecord important metrics and survey results such as time-on-task, success rate, and satisfaction. Customize this section to fit the metrics you've decided to explore/use for your project.
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If you want to add formulas to your spreadsheet to automatically calculate totals: Jamie Colaris': A Tweak To A Modern UX Classic: Rainbow Spreadsheets With Numbers!
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Adapted from the original version created by Tomer Sharon: The Rainbow Spreadsheet: A Collaborative Lean UX Research Tool
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