# Testing plan
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/unified-installments/documentation/experience-design-guide/pre-approved-offers-in-lender-app/prepare-to-launch/testing-plan/index.md

### Why test? {#why-test}

Usability testing, or user testing, is a step in the design process when you evaluate your product or service with actual users and receive feedback to create an even better consumer product.

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Throughout the testing process, you can explore and analyze your target audience's behavior as they interact with your product.
![Why test](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/unified-installments/img/design-standards/img_testingplan_whytests.png)

### Testing plan {#testing-plan}

The following behaviors should be tested with the Installment plan experience:
Tip: The testing should seek to discover if users find the Installment plan easy to use. Tip: The testing should be conducted with a minimum of 10 people in either a moderated or unmoderated setting. **In testing, we are looking for answers to the following questions**:

* Can users find and discover the pre-approved offer in lender app?
* Do users understand the written content?
* Do users understand what the BNPL offer is about?
* Can users understand the difference between single use and multi use offers?
* Can users understand how the payment is split into 4 equal parts?
* Can the users understand how the automatic payment works?
* Do the users trust the '0% interest' and 'no fees' claim?
* Can the users understand where and how to use the Installment card?
* Can the users understand the post purchase experience?
* Can the users understand how the early payment works?
* Do users find the visual design appealing?
* Do users say the product works as they expected it to?
* Do users say they think most people can learn to use this service quickly?
* Do users say they feel the Mastercard Installment is useful in managing their finances better?
![Questions](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/unified-installments/img/design-standards/img_testingplan_question.png)
Note: To download the testing plan,
[Installments_Testing Plan.pdf](https://static.developer.mastercard.com/content/unified-installments/uploads/Installments_Testing%20Plan.pdf) (89KB)

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Next: [Go-Live checklist](https://developer.mastercard.com/unified-installments/documentation/experience-design-guide/pre-approved-offers-in-lender-app/prepare-to-launch/checklist/index.md)
