Competition: Are you the world s best Expert Reviewer?

What is this competition about?

On the occasion of World Usability Day (8^th November, 2007), Usability Professional s Association (UPA), Bangalore, is hosting a worldwide expert review competition.

Are you the world s best Expert Reviewer? Find out by participating in this competition!

Expert reviewers (or heuristic evaluators) claim to be experts without quantitative proof.

A heuristic skill assessment called Heuristic Evaluation Quality Score (HEQS) was introduced earlier this year and published in the Journal of Usability Studies (Feb 2007, Volume 2, Issue 2).

All participants will be judged quantitatively using the criteria specified under HEQS.

Apart from identifying the world s best expert reviewer, data from this competition will also be used to arrive at a list of global review benchmarks, which will be published separately. This data will help organizations benchmark their reviewers at a global level.

Who can participate?

This competition is open to anybody who thinks they can identify issues that hinder a website s ease-of-use.

You may be located anywhere in the world. You just have to be passionate about making technology easy to use. You don t have to necessarily be a professional expert reviewer or heuristic evaluator to participate.

Competition Details

When: Thursday, 8^th November, 2007 World usability Day. Your completed entries have to reach us before the 8^th of November ends in your local time zone.

Time to complete the evaluation: 1 hour

Format and Instructions:

On the 8^th of November, you will evaluate one section of the WebMD website. You will find usability issues or issues that hinder the ease-of-use for a set of scenarios. Further instructions are located at the

UPA Bangalore website.

Submit your entries to heqs.wud2007@gmail.com.

Judgment Criteria

1. All entries need to follow the given format, else they will be disqualified.
2. Points will be awarded based on the process identified by the HEQS paper that was published in February 2007 in the Journal of Usability Studies.

If you win

Only a single winner will be announced.

If you win, you will receive a gift coupon of US $ 400.

Any questions?
Contact UPA Bangalore at heqs.wud2007@gmail.com