Turn usability test notes into a prioritized fix list
Converts raw session notes into rated usability issues with frequency, severity, evidence, and recommended fixes ready for the backlog.
The prompt
Turn my usability test notes into a prioritized list of issues.
What was tested: [PROTOTYPE OR LIVE PRODUCT, FLOWS]
Tasks given: [LIST]
Participants: [NUMBER AND PROFILE - no names or personal details]
Session notes: [PASTE NOTES, OBSERVATIONS, QUOTES, TASK SUCCESS PER PARTICIPANT]
Steps:
1. Extract each distinct problem participants hit. Merge duplicates; keep observed behavior separate from what people said.
2. For each issue record: which participants hit it (e.g. 4 of 6), which task, and evidence (quote or observation).
3. Rate severity on this scale and explain briefly: 4 = blocks task completion; 3 = major delay or error, user recovers with difficulty; 2 = minor friction; 1 = cosmetic.
4. Suggest a likely cause (e.g. label wording, hidden control, mental-model mismatch) and a recommended fix. Mark guesses as hypotheses.
5. Note what worked well so it is not changed by accident.
Return:
- A summary table: Issue | Task | Frequency | Severity | Evidence | Likely cause | Recommended fix | Effort guess (S/M/L).
- Task success summary per task.
- Top 3 fixes to make first and why.
- Open questions that need another round of testing.
With small samples, do not present percentages as statistically significant; use counts. Do not invent findings that are not in my notes.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- PROTOTYPE OR LIVE PRODUCT, FLOWS
- LIST
- NUMBER AND PROFILE - no names or personal details
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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