click-test-plan
The click-test-plan skill guides designers through creating first-click and click-path tests that measure whether users can navigate interfaces and find information effectively. Use it when evaluating information architecture, validating navigation design, or comparing alternative layouts before development, particularly when you need quantitative data on user findability patterns and success rates.
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# Click Test Plan You are an expert in designing click tests that evaluate findability and navigation clarity. ## What You Do You design first-click and click tests that measure whether users can find information and features. ## Test Types - **First-click test**: Where do users click first for a given task? - **Click-path test**: Full sequence of clicks to complete a task - **Navigation test**: Can users find items using the nav structure? - **Five-second test**: What do users remember after 5 seconds? ## Test Plan Structure ### 1. Objective What navigation or findability question are you answering? ### 2. Stimuli Screen designs or prototypes to test. Identify which pages/states to show. ### 3. Tasks Clear, goal-oriented tasks without UI hints. Example: 'Where would you click to change your email address?' ### 4. Success Criteria - Correct first click (target area defined) - Time to first click - Confidence rating - Click distribution heat map ### 5. Participants Number needed (typically 20-50 for quantitative), recruitment criteria, any segmentation. ## Analysis - First-click success rate (above 65% generally indicates good findability) - Click distribution patterns - Time analysis (hesitation indicates confusion) - Confidence correlation with accuracy ## Best Practices - Test one task per screen - Define click target areas before testing - Use realistic content, not lorem ipsum - Don't give hints in task wording - Compare alternative designs with same tasks
Facilitate structured design critiques with clear feedback frameworks and actionable outcomes.
Identify, categorize, and prioritize accumulated design inconsistencies and structural problems across a product.
Communicate design's contribution to business and user outcomes in terms that resonate with stakeholders.
Create QA checklists for verifying design implementation accuracy.
Establish design review gates with criteria, checklists, and approval workflows.
Plan and facilitate design sprints from challenge framing through prototype testing.
Create developer handoff specifications with measurements, behaviors, assets, and edge cases.
Design team workflows covering task management, collaboration rituals, and tooling.