Prove the fix worked before the release.
Send the same personas through the same flow after each change. The score trend shows whether the release made it better, or just different.
Usability over time
Sound familiar
The release is Thursday. No one has watched a person use it
- 01
Planning runs on opinion
Whoever argues best decides what gets fixed, because nobody has watched anyone use the flow.
- 02
The release goes out on faith
The checkout changed this sprint. The last usability study happened before it existed.
- 03
The retro runs on anecdotes
Two weeks later, nobody can say whether the fix made the flow better or just different.
01 · Your question
Ask it the way you’d say it in standup
One sentence is the whole brief. Leave the title, the scenario and the stop condition blank and the run infers them from your mission — every field stays editable. No researcher, no test plan, no waiting for the next study.
02 · The report
Read it in the time between two meetings
The personas do the walking; you get the answer. One score for the flow, the critical findings counted, and three lines to read first — the biggest risk, where people drop off, and the quick win.
03 · Your call
Bring the evidence to the room.
Findings arrive ranked by severity, each tied to the steps where it happened. Push the ones that hold the release to Linear, share the report link in the thread, or export it as a PDF. The team argues about the same screen you saw.
04 · The proof
Run it again after the fix
Create a new test in the same project with the same personas. The project puts the new score on the line next to every run before it, so the retro starts from a number instead of a feeling — better, worse, or just different.
FAQ
Questions product managers ask.
Run the same flow again in the same project after the change. The project puts the new score on the line next to the previous run, so you see whether the release made it better, worse or just different.