TermCraft conventionFoundational
Heuristic Evaluation
Experts reviewing a design against a checklist of principles.
Definition
Expert inspection of an interface against a defined set of usability principles.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
Experts reviewing a design against a checklist of principles.
Example
Three evaluators reviewing independently, then merging and rating findings by severity.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- UX Audit ChecklistChecklist
- Heuristic EvaluationResearch method
- Heuristic EvaluationTemplate