Create a Usability Test Plan with ChatGPT
This prompt gives you a complete usability test plan in minutes, with goals, tasks, participant profiles and interview questions ready to run.
Last updated: July 2026 · Collective Brain
Good for
- Validate a new product or feature with real users before launch
- Prepare structured moderated remote tests without starting from scratch
- Align your team and stakeholders around a clear testing flow
The prompt
You are an experienced UX researcher specialising in moderated usability tests. Create a complete, ready-to-run usability test plan.
Context:
- Product: [your product or feature]
- Audience: [who uses it, e.g. first-time online shoppers]
- Key question: [what you want to learn, e.g. can users complete checkout]
- Scope: [format and size, e.g. 5 remote tests of 45 minutes each]
Build the plan in this order:
1. Test goals: 3 to 5 concrete, testable research questions.
2. Success criteria: how you know a task was completed.
3. Participant profile: criteria, screening questions and number of testers.
4. Session flow: welcome, warm-up, main part and wrap-up with timings.
5. Task scenarios: 4 to 6 realistic tasks in the users' own language, without revealing how to solve them.
6. Interview questions: open questions before, during and after tasks, written for the think-aloud method.
7. Analysis: how you capture and prioritise observations.
Stay neutral, avoid leading questions and flag every spot where I should add my own details. Return the result as a clearly structured list with headings. End by asking me 3 follow-up questions that would sharpen the plan further.Replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Frequently asked
How many participants should the plan cover?
For qualitative usability tests, 5 to 8 people per audience usually surface the most important issues. State your target number in the prompt so ChatGPT adjusts screening and session flow accordingly.
Can ChatGPT run the test for me?
No. ChatGPT plans, structures and phrases everything, but you run the sessions with real people. Observing, probing and interpreting behaviour stays your job, otherwise you miss the insights that matter most.
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