- First impressions (look and feel of the product)
- First tasks (so important in fixing in users’ minds whether they will consider the product easy or difficult to use)
- Tasks most frequently performed
- Critical tasks (even if performed less frequently)
- Specific problem areas (typically identified by sponsor or heuristic evaluation)
- New tasks added to a product or changes made from an earlier version of the product (including changes made after an earlier usability test of a prototype)
taken from: Barnum, Carol. “Usability Testing and Research” p161
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