Use when
- The team needs a fast expert-led review of an interface.
- You need to identify obvious usability issues before or alongside user testing.
Best for
- Quick review cycles
- Pre-test cleanup
- Assessing principle-level usability gaps
How to design it
- Review against a consistent heuristic set.
- Record severity, rationale, and recommendation clearly.
- Treat heuristic review as a complement to user evidence, not a replacement.
Heuristic Evaluation TemplateUse this when you need a practical starting template.
View template
- Which heuristic is being violated?
- What user problem could this create?
- How severe is the issue and what should change?
Output
- Heuristic findings list
- Severity view
- Improvement priorities