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Nielsen's five dimensions of usability

Framework of the five dimensions of usability defined by Jakob Nielsen: learnability, efficiency, memorability, errors and satisfaction.
All five can be observed and measured in a structured usability test. Source: Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group

Jakob Nielsen's five dimensions of usability: learnability, efficiency, memorability, errors and satisfaction. It is for designers, product teams and UX researchers deciding what a usability test should measure. Use it to pick the dimensions your tasks and metrics will cover. Koji can run AI-moderated research sessions and pull out the friction points across many of them.

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  1. Learnability: How easily new users get tasks done.
  2. Efficiency: How fast people work once they have learned the system.
  3. Memorability: How quickly people get their skill back after time away.
  4. Errors: How often people make mistakes, and how serious they are.
  5. Satisfaction: How pleasant the product feels to use.

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