UI/UX Checklist

The UI/UX Checklist provides a high level view of tasks for user interface/user experience designers in the application development life cycle.

	Task	Example Sub-tasks	UI	UX
Initial Stakeholder Planning
	Workflow Review
	Goals and Criteria
	Business Requirements
Audit Legacy Systems
	Contextual Inquiry	Interviews/Survey
	IA Evaluation	Taxonomies, navigation, workflows
Ethnography
	User Stories
	Persona(s)
Information Architecture
	Sitemap
	Data Review	Structured/semi-structured/unstructured
	Content Models/Audit	Inventory Results, classification, taxonomies, metrics, policy, production checklist
	Navigation
	Information Workflow
	Metadata	Strategy, standards, model/schema
Search Technology
	Scope	website, application, enterprise
	Type of search	keyword, concept, categories, labels, semantic, parametric
	Search Measurement	Ongoing evaluation of usage, navigation, input
Low-fidelity Prototyping
	Review UI Feature Checklist
	Wireframe Functionality
	Aesthetics Design
	Prototype Review
Documentation
	Style Guide
	Pattern Library
	User Interface Specification Documentation
High-fidelity Prototyping
	Prototype	Coded prototype includes aesthetics, semi-functioning elements, but not necessarily data.
	Prototype Review
High-fidelity Prototyping
	User Interface Development
	Accessibility
	Responsive Design
	Search Engine Optimization
Testing
	User Interface Testing
	Accessibility testing
	Responsive Design testing
	Usability Testing	Ongoing, Revisions
Application Review
	Retrospective and Planning
	Usability Testing
	Readability Testing
	Update Documentation and Pattern Library
Monitoring
	Analytics	Reporting
	Multi-variable testing