How to find usability problems with a heuristic review

Nova reviews key pages against Nielsen's 10 usability heuristics, flags where visitors are likely to get stuck, and proposes fixes you review before anything changes.

Website Crew

When you need this

Visitors say the site is confusing, navigation has grown by accretion, or you want an outside read on clarity before a redesign.

How the crew does it

  1. Review the key journeys

    Website Crew

    Nova walks the pages on your main journeys and scores them against the 10 heuristics, from visibility of status to error prevention.

  2. Check mobile and structure

    Website Crew

    Nova checks the viewport setup, heading structure, navigation and information architecture on the same pages.

  3. Propose fixes with evidence

    Website Crew

    Each problem comes with the page, the heuristic it breaks, the evidence and a proposed change.

  4. Choose what to change

    You

    You decide which fixes to pursue. Navigation and layout changes are visual, so they are staged for your review rather than shipped automatically.

What waits for you

Any navigation, layout or copy change that comes out of the review.

Connect

Website access

Measured by

Usability issues resolved on the next audit, and engagement on the changed pages once GA4 is connected.

Limits

A heuristic review is an expert-style inspection, not a study with your real users. It points to likely problems; it does not replace user testing.