Checklists are used in many fields like healthcare and aviation to prevent errors and ensure important steps are not skipped. The presenter started using checklists after reading "The Checklist Manifesto" which describes how checklists have saved lives. Good checklists are precise, efficient, and to the point without trying to spell out every step. They remind users of critical steps. Checklists have their limits but can help experts remember complex processes and prompt better functioning. The presenter provides examples of checklists they have created and used for usability testing and collaboration meetings.

1. The Power of UX Checklists Elisa Miller / GE Healthcare

3. Make sure that we don’t skip steps

4. Why I started using checklists The near disaster… Checklist Manifesto by AtulGawande

5. Creating your own checklists Where do you use checklists? What do they include?

6. Kinds of checklists that I use Usability test planning checklists Pre-test planning Pilot test Facility preparation Test Day checklist (daily) Follow up Collaboration team meeting checklists Supplies for Site Visits

7. What kind of checklists would you like to see?

8. What makes a bad checklist? They are too long. They are hard to use. They are impractical. They are made by people with little awareness of the situations in which they are to be deployed. They treat the people using the tools as dumb and try to spell out every step. Checklist Manifesto p. 120

9. What makes a good checklist? They are precise. They are efficient. They are to the point. They do NOT try to spell everything out. They are the reminders of only the most critical and important steps. Above all, they are practical. Checklist Manifesto p. 120

10. The power of checklists The power of checklists is limited. They can help experts remember how to manage a complex process or complex machine. They can make priorities clear and prompt people to function better.

11. However Checklists cannot make anyone follow them!

12. Sample Checklist from Steve Krug

13. Checklist of checklists The following checklist is designed to aid the checklist creation process and ensure that your checklist helps instead of hurts. It was created by Dr. AtulGawande, the Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health Dissemination Team, and Dan Boorman of Boeing.

14. Checklist of checklists

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19. Bibliography Gawande, AtulThe Checklist Manifesto, 2009 Picador, New York

20. End Elisa Miller Sr. User Experience Engineer GE Healthcare 214-681-9888 emillerstc@gmail.com Twitter: elisakm LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/elisakmiller