This checklist takes you from the UX report’s audience and research method to findings and recommendations. Make usability results traceable, evidence-based and useful for product decisions.
checklist: Writing a UX Report
Results documentation · Evaluation & Communication
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Define structure & objectives
e.g. project management, design team, development, management
Informing, deciding, arguing, archiving
e.g. Executive Summary → Method → Results → Recommendations
Project objective, UX issue, target group, system status
e.g. interview, usability test, heuristics
Document results & findings
Clustering according to topics, user needs or UI areas
Increases traceability and authenticity
e.g. critical / medium / low or Nielsen 0-4
e.g. for pain points, journeys, metrics
e.g. can be derived from personas or journey maps
Recommendations & subsequent use
e.g. prioritized to-dos with reference to the cause of the problem
For project management or prioritization meeting
e.g. technical clarification, further analysis
Created by, last change, contact person:in
e.g. PDF, Confluence, Markdown - depending on the addressee
Last modified: 1 November 2026