Pizza, beer and usability testing is everything you need to test your prototypes. Be it apps or sauerkraut. The Usability Testessen movement has chapters from Hamburg to Tel Aviv. Want to found your own chapter? With our CC license and starter kits in German and English you can start right away.

1. GETTING BETTER SINCE 2013
If there’s a problem,
make it a party.

2. GETTING BETTER SINCE 2013
Test early
Test often

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Pizza + Beer
+ Usability Testing

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Speedtesting
6 rounds, 12 minutes each
and a lot of pizza, of course!

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What has been tested so far
Websites, Apps, Ads, TV apps, E-Book
Reader, Icons, Texts, cereals, lipsticks,
electric cars.

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Thinking Aloud Method

16. First it felt like a nuclear attack – but
really, it was awesome!

17. 0
7,5
15
22,5
30
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total of Usability Testessen chapters
22

21. Usability Testessen since 2013
114

22. 5.472
Usability Tests since 2013
(average of 8 test stations per event * 6 rounds)

23. DAX Test station Test person Host
Signed up but could not
get a seat ;)
1 Allianz x x
2 BMW (DriveNow) x x x
3 Commerzbank x interested
4 Daimler (moovel / flinc) x x x
5 Deutsche Bank x x x
6 Deutsche Post x
7 Deutsche Telekom x x
8 Henkel x
9 Infineon x
10 Lufthansa x x
11 Siemens x
12 Volkswagen x

25. awesome team members!
73

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29. e.V.?
GETTING BETTER SINCE 2013

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Lessons learned
a) people do not come for pizza and beer
b) first time for many test stations (!)
c) it’s lobbyism for testing

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Want to host? Want to test?
twitter.com/testessen
instagram.com/testessen
facebook.com/usabilitytestessen
usability-testessen.org

32. GETTING BETTER SINCE 2013
Lessons learned
a) people do not come for pizza and beer
b) first time for many test stations (!)
c) it’s lobbyism for testing

33. GETTING BETTER SINCE 2013
Test early
Test often
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