usability testing in agile land by eli toftøy-andersen xp2010

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Agile methodology is no excuse for not running usability tests. Users come in many colours and shape, so who should represent them? This presentation was given in Trondheim at XP2010.

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Usability Testing in Agile Land

Eli Toftøy-Andersen, Senior User Experience Specialist, Steria NorwayXP 2010

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Hva er en brukertest?

usability testing + agile = true

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Usability testing

whatwhyhowlearning

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usability test ≠ testing done by users

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Users come in many colours and shapesFlickr by: Banana Donuts

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You are

not the user

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When you’re working on complicatedproblems…

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… it’s easy to get caught up by the details.

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Developers Versus ”Real” Users

Developer

Pays with credit card

Downloads applications

Internet banking

Information seeker

Weather independent

Weather junkie

Weatherinterested

Advanced Expert

COMPUTER SKILLS

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

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”But we have a ProductOwner who says whatshe wants….”

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Project User Representatives

Know too muchKnow too littleThe Stockholm syndrome

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Hva er en brukertest?

Don’t listen to Users[…] Watch them work

Usability guru, Jacob Nielsen http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010805.html

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For å lage systemer med god brukskvalitet

…. må vi teste systemene på dem som faktisk skal bruke dem

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how

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Crash Course in Usability Testing

1. Recruit users

3. Plan the test

Taks 1Imagine that yoiu are going to…

Task 2How would you preceed to..

Task 3You are now going to……

4. Execute and observe

5. Write summaryand user stories

User storiy

As a < role>I wish <to do>So that <explanation>

2. Find somethingto test

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The Test Room

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The Observation Room

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What Did We Gain?

Increased motivationLearn how the

users thinkDecreased risk

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Introduksjon til brukertestingp20

INNSIKT

Usability testing

gives insights

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My advice

• Put usability testing in the plan• Do it early• Some usability testing is better than none Flickr by: Banana Donuts

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www.steria.no Eli Toftøy-Andersen, Steria AS

Contact details

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Eli Toftøy-AndersenSenior User Experience Specialist, Steria eta@steria.no / @elitatt Photo by: Ram Yoga

www.steria.no Eli Toftøy-Andersen, Steria AS

Further reading

Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug

Why you only need to test

with 5 users by Jacob Nielsen http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000319.html

Wikipedia: Usability testing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing

Designer i Smidigland – 10 tips til nye innbyggere by Eli T-A

 http://tinyurl.com/smidigland (brukskvalitet.no)

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