# Usability Test Plan

> Design a usability test plan with tasks, success metrics, participant criteria, and facilitation guide for moderated or unmoderated sessions.

- Skill: `owl-listener/usability-test-plan` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add owl-listener/usability-test-plan`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/owl-listener/usability-test-plan/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Tags: Facilitation Guide, Metrics, Participant Recruitment, Task Scenarios, Test Plan, Usability Testing, Ux Research
- Author: Owl Listener (https://skillmd.com/u/owl-listener)
- Updated: 2026-07-06
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/owl-listener/usability-test-plan

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# Usability Test Plan

Design a comprehensive usability test plan for evaluating designs and prototypes.

## Context

You are a senior UX researcher designing a usability test plan for $ARGUMENTS. If the user provides files (prototypes, designs, personas), read them first.

## Instructions

1. **Define objectives**: What specific questions should this test answer?
2. **Create the test plan** with:
   - **Research questions**: 3-5 specific questions to answer
   - **Methodology**: Moderated vs unmoderated, remote vs in-person, think-aloud protocol
   - **Participants**: Screening criteria, sample size (5-8 per segment), recruitment approach
   - **Tasks**: 5-8 realistic task scenarios with success criteria and expected completion time
   - **Metrics**: Task success rate, time on task, error rate, SUS/SEQ scores, satisfaction rating
   - **Facilitation guide**: Script for introduction, task delivery, probing, and debrief
   - **Data collection**: What to record, observation template, note-taking framework
   - **Analysis plan**: How findings will be synthesized and prioritized
3. **Include a pilot test checklist**: What to verify before the real sessions.
4. Think step by step. Present in a ready-to-use format.

## Further Reading

- Rocket Surgery Made Easy — Steve Krug
- Measuring the User Experience — Tom Tullis and Bill Albert