“Expert review” is a professional term referring to a system audit conducted by usability experts. This audit is based upon scientifically validate assumptions and heuristic analysis. Along the examination the expert is going over the current interface or the preliminary prototype with the following guide lines:
• A comprehensive analysis of target users’ preferences
• Defining user behavioral patterns as it relates to system’s objective
• Analyzing logical flow of task performance and information structure in order to pinpoint major obstacles interrupting users from obtaining their goals
• Insuring a smooth and gradual shift from an old interface version to its upgrade (the methodology of upgrade implementation)
• Determining the right visual and contextual balance to match user preferences and insure their satisfaction
• Gaining users trust and reducing functional hesitation and confusion
• Insuring accessibility compatibility (taking users with physical disabilities under account in the process of logical and graphical design)