- Complain about not being notified before installing the current light bulb.
- Find out who wants to change the light bulb, why he wants to do it, and what does he know about electricity.
- Search 5 regular light-bulb changers. She wouldn’t find them, so she would recruit 3 coworkers, 1 friend, and the company’s secretary.
- Watching the people changing the light bulbs, she would conclude that:
- nobody notices the tiny text about what kind of bulb should be used;
- the light-bulb changers don’t know how to screw the bulb;
- there is no visual clue of the bulb’s temperature: two people would get burned;
- everyone would prefer changing the bulbs just pushing a button (like Google does);
- She would write a 84-pages report about issues changing light bulbs and how to fix them.
- The original light bulb would remain unchanged.
How many usability experts does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one. But she would have to:
- ¿Cómo cambiaría una bombilla un experto en usabilidad?
- Si el Ministerio de Cultura estuviera dirigido por un constructor…