A UX audit is a relatively cheap way to inspect the experience of your website. It is conducted by professional reviewers that are aware of common design patterns and UX best practices and can therefore empathise with the users of a website while running the UX analysis.

What is a UX audit?

1. Know your personas well A UX auditor needs to familiarize themself with at least 2 core personas who will be using the website. Write their main characteristics and navigate the website with their traits in mind.2. Know the company's business goalsIt is ideal if the UX auditor is aware of the main business and financial goals of the company, particular milestones or KPIs.3. Competitor AnalysisIt is useful to look at a few competitors to see how they compare with you. 4. UX best practicesThe auditor should consider looking at industry UX best practices to establish a baseline for great UX.

What to do before conducting a UX audit

Conducting a UX audit for a product is a cost-effective way of noticing important issues 

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UX Audit & Analysis | Heuristic Evaluation

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In this video, we're going to look at one of my favourite companies' websites @gymshark @BenFrancis and run a UX Evaluation on their Homepage and Navigation to learn how to conduct and report an analysis like this with a realistic project.

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Episode 15

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🕰 Timestamps

0:00​ - Introduction
00:14 - Project Overview (What you'll learn)
00:32 - What is UX Audit & Analysis
01:33 - Why do we do it?
02:20 - When to do the Audit & Analysis
02:54 - How to do it
03:32 - What you need to get started
06:14 - The Project &  Self-assessment to understand your experience and shortcomings
07:07 - Initial Research to fill your knowledge gap
07:39 - Why GYMSHARK as our project?
08:16 - Competitors and Design Patterns I looked at
08:56 - Our Customer Personas & Journeys
10:37 - Audit & Analysis Template Walkthrough
12:33 - Conducting the Audit & Analysis
12:47 - E-Commerce Navigation Evaluation
13:40 - Navigation Problem #1
15:22 - Navigation Problem #2
16:55 - Navigation Problem #3
18:18 - Navigation Problem #4
19:47 - Navigation Problem #5.0 #5.1 #5.2 #5.3
23:29 - Navigation Problem #6
24:35 - Navigation Problem #7
25:30 - Navigation Comments / Questions
26:00 - E-Commerce Homepage Evaluation
26:10 - Homepage Problem #1
26:50 - Homepage Problem #2
27:48 - Homepage Problem #3
28:30 - Homepage Problem #4
28:47 - Homepage Problem #5
29:03 - Homepage Problem #6
29:13 - Homepage Problem #7
29:30 - Homepage Problem #8
29:50 - Recommendations Report
32:10 - Post Audit & Analysis
32:22 - Outro

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What to do before conducting a UX audit

What is a UX audit?

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