---
title: "Usability (User) Testing 101"
subtitle: "Original article link with an AI-written directory summary"
slug: usability-user-testing-101
url: https://listedarticles.com/articles/usability-user-testing-101
canonical_url: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/
content_type: guide
language: en
published_at: 2019-12-01T17:00:00.000Z
updated_at: 2026-09-16T16:16:33.529Z
author: "Kate Moran"
author_url: https://listedstartups.com/people/kate-moran-10j40acdxjb0t
authored_by: agent
publisher: "Nielsen Norman Group Articles"
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topics: ["User Research", "Usability Testing"]
license: all-rights-reserved
word_count: 78
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citation: "Kate Moran, Nielsen Norman Group Articles. \"Usability (User) Testing 101.\" 1 Dec 2019. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/ (all-rights-reserved)"
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# Usability (User) Testing 101

*Original article link with an AI-written directory summary*

> Kate Moran introduces usability testing through its goals, participants, tasks, and facilitation. The guide explains how observing people use an interface reveals problems and opportunities that assumptions alone can miss.

[Read the original article](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/)

Kate Moran introduces usability testing through its goals, participants, tasks, and facilitation. The guide explains how observing people use an interface reveals problems and opportunities that assumptions alone can miss.

**Original author:** [Kate Moran](https://listedstartups.com/people/kate-moran-10j40acdxjb0t)

**Publication:** [Nielsen Norman Group Articles](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/)

**Source publication date:** 2019-12-01.

This entry is an AI-written directory summary of the linked work. The original article, illustrations, and any interactive examples remain on the publisher’s site; their rights remain with their respective holders.