Author name: Sara Sarmiento

Airpals is a B2B courier service based in New York City. Airpals is a relatively young company, operating with a small team with few resources to spare for research, thus our usability testing was especially valuable to the company. Our usability evaluation focused on their order form for scheduling a courier pickup and delivery, which is at the heart of the business. We recruited participants who fit the company’s user profile—people working in New York City based companies who would use a delivery service for work—to conduct moderated user testing of the interface. After analyzing our results, we provided Airpals with 6 recommendations for larger issues, and an additional 4 recommended adjustments for smaller, but nevertheless important, issues.