{"id":17524,"date":"2024-01-23T15:16:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userlutions.com\/blog\/about-us\/ux-kpis-how-to-measure-ux\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:54:47","slug":"ux-kpis-how-to-measure-ux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userlutions.com\/en\/blog\/usability-analysis\/ux-kpis-how-to-measure-ux\/","title":{"rendered":"UX KPIs – How do you measure UX?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More and more companies are experiencing the great relevance of usability and user experience (UX). For example, because their customers are migrating to competitors with better products, more elegant websites or more intuitive apps, or the conversion rate (CR) is plummeting.<\/p>\n
The result: an increasing number of companies are investing in user research, usability testing and UX design. However, in over 900 customer projects with large and small companies, we have found that only very few companies consistently record UX KPIs.<\/p>\n
In the following, I will show you why it is so important to measure UX KPIs, what to look out for and how to select the right KPIs.<\/p>\n
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Of course, UX research, UX testing and UX design also work without KPIs. However, not being able to fall back on UX KPIs means that decisions are made based on gut instinct, processes are improved on instinct and budgets and approvals have to be fought for by management without a solid basis for argumentation.<\/p>\n
Without KPIs, the efficiency and effectiveness of UX research, UX testing and UX design activities is unclear. UX researchers don’t know what to test next, product managers don’t know which usability problems need to be solved first, and nobody knows what the last usability problems have achieved.<\/p>\n
This is what working in UX and product teams without KPIs often looks like (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n
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(Illustration: Christin Herrmann)<\/em><\/p>\n If you answer any of the following questions with “I have no idea” or “that’s up to management” or “I’ll just make a gut decision” and don’t track any UX KPIs, then it’s high time you started!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you already measure UX KPIs and still answer the questions in this way, you should definitely rethink your KPI system!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Back to Basics: Was sind KPIs? ” module_id=”basics” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Key performance indicators (KPIs) are key figures that reflect the current status quo of a business area. They are suitable as indicators for the success, performance or work load of the respective business area.<\/p>\n KPIs are the only way to record the effectiveness of business activities (as) objectively as possible and thus make informed decisions! <\/p>\n That sounds like a dry definition, and as if you could have looked it up on Wikipedia. However, especially in the UX area, KPIs are often not measured at all or only very poorly because UX-specific subtleties are ignored. And because poorly recorded KPIs make bad decisions look like good decisions, a poor KPI system is often even more fatal to business success than not using KPIs at all.<\/p>\n To help you fully exploit the potential of UX KPIs, this article focuses explicitly on the use of KPIs in the UX area. But first, here are a few universal basics that apply to KPIs in all business areas. <\/p>\n KPIs can represent the performance of individuals, the entire UX team or the company as a whole.<\/p>\n KPIs at individual level can be used as a benchmark for bonus payments. For example, a UX researcher could be rewarded for a high number (#) of usability tests carried out within a certain time unit.<\/p>\n KPIs at team or company level often provide better indications for targeted measures than individual KPIs. The joint effectiveness of the UX, product and development teams could be assessed by the number (#) of usability problems solved per unit of time. Efficiency can be measured by the average cost (\u20ac) required to solve a usability problem. <\/p>\n In addition to measuring the performance of individuals or groups of people, KPIs are also suitable for recording the performance of products. This applies in particular to digital products. For example, KPIs can relate to user behavior such as frequency or duration or to usability aspects such as ease of use.<\/p>\n KPIs are always quantitative measures, i.e. numbers that can be used to perform mathematical operations. The dimension of these numbers can be, for example, a number (#), a monetary value (\u20ac), a duration (t) or a proportion (%). While a number (#) is usually the easiest to measure, the other dimensions often provide a better basis for good decisions and are usually less susceptible to manipulation. <\/p>\n KPIs as such only show the status quo (e.g. the average conversion rate of a website in a month is 34%). Specific targets (e.g. aiming for a conversion rate of 42%) make it possible to compare the status quo to the set goal. If you fall short of your target, you need to take entrepreneurial measures to get closer to it. In this way, KPIs are also suitable for determining variable bonus payments and thus serve as incentives for individuals and teams.<\/p>\n In short: KPIs show me where I currently stand in relation to my goals and enable me to make informed decisions and derive targeted entrepreneurial activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Kriterien f\u00fcr gute KPIs \u2013 Worauf muss ich beim Messen achten? ” module_id=”kriterien” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In order for a UX KPI to fulfill its purpose, favor good decisions and in no way promote bad decisions, it must meet a few criteria.<\/p>\n Good UX KPIs…<\/p>\n\n
Back to basics: What are KPIs?<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nThe object of the KPI measurement<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\nThe dimension of KPI measurement<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\nSetting goals and making decisions with KPIs<\/h3>\n
Criteria for good UX KPIs – What do I need to consider when measuring UX?<\/h2>\n