User Testing for TOPP

Related to the OpenCore Software project
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Types of User testing

We plan on setting up two different types of usability test, a formal one and a express one.

Formal testing should be used for larger releases or when the UI of a piece of software has gone through significant overhaul. Example of this is the launch of NUI version 1.
Express testing should be used as often as possible to test smaller releases, debrief ideas, make decisions and help support the continuous deployment of new features.

User tests could be based on
* paper prototypes
* interactive prototypes
* released versions

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First round, September/October 2007 -for NUI round 1

• Planning Document *
• Guidelines for user testing *
• Task test : list of things we want to test with users
• References *

• Call for participants * & Recruitment *
• Screener : survey for choosing users *
• Schedule and dates
• Technical setup : testing environment and recording strategy
  

• Interview document : copy of text of the actual interview *
• Legal documents : consent and release forms, including for video recording when applicable *
• Closing survey *
• Observation notes

* indicates documents that should become templates for other iterations of user testings