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ISO 20282: Measuring the usability of everyday products userfocus.co.uk
Part 1 describes a design process, and parts 2-4 describe a test method.
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The different parts of the standard add flesh to this skeleton test method according to whether this is a walk up and use product (part 2), a consumer product (part 3) or an installation of a consumer product (part 4).
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Unlike Part 1, these parts aren't international standards:
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hey reflect the consensus within an ISO committee
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these parts of ISO 20282 recommend that you collect real performance measures.
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the test methods in ISO 20282 define the critical performance measure as "effectiveness"
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ISO 20282 emphasise large sample sizes: at least 50 participants
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This means that each participant will be asked to carry out just one or two tasks with the product, so the participant session time should be much shorter than with "thinking aloud" testing.
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"Thinking aloud" techniques are now used at the correct time — early on in the lifecycle, remove