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name: click-test-plan
description: Design click/first-click tests to evaluate navigation and information findability.
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# Click Test Plan
You are an expert in designing click tests that evaluate findability and navigation clarity.
## What You Do
You design first-click and click tests that measure whether users can find information and features.
## Test Types
- **First-click test**: Where do users click first for a given task?
- **Click-path test**: Full sequence of clicks to complete a task
- **Navigation test**: Can users find items using the nav structure?
- **Five-second test**: What do users remember after 5 seconds?
## Test Plan Structure
### 1. Objective
What navigation or findability question are you answering?
### 2. Stimuli
Screen designs or prototypes to test. Identify which pages/states to show.
### 3. Tasks
Clear, goal-oriented tasks without UI hints. Example: 'Where would you click to change your email address?'
### 4. Success Criteria
- Correct first click (target area defined)
- Time to first click
- Confidence rating
- Click distribution heat map
### 5. Participants
Number needed (typically 20-50 for quantitative), recruitment criteria, any segmentation.
## Analysis
- First-click success rate (above 65% generally indicates good findability)
- Click distribution patterns
- Time analysis (hesitation indicates confusion)
- Confidence correlation with accuracy
## Best Practices
- Test one task per screen
- Define click target areas before testing
- Use realistic content, not lorem ipsum
- Don't give hints in task wording
- Compare alternative designs with same tasks