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UX Audit Report

A report structure that leads with themes and priorities rather than an undifferentiated list of issues.

Definition

An audit report presents findings so they can be acted on: grouped into causes, prioritised by severity and reach, and each with a concrete recommendation.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

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Summary

What was reviewed, how, by whom, and on what devices.

Three to five sentences a decision-maker can act on without reading further.

What to do first, and why that order. Not a list of everything.

Findings

Name the underlying cause, list the instances, state the impact, give the recommendation.

Include accessibility findings inline rather than in a separate annex, so they are prioritised alongside everything else.

Name the patterns worth preserving and extending.

Appendix

Every finding with location, severity and recommendation, for the team doing the work.

What this audit could not assess.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Often used with

These usually appear in the same screen or the same decision.

Check your work

Review passes that test whether this was done properly.

Short definition

The one-paragraph version, for when that is all you need.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.