The Process

These are the overall tasks required to do the project.  For each of the tasks below, you could identify:  time required, team responsible, due date, and required documents or writeups? Some of these tasks need to be done by the entire class, and there are a number of tasks that need doing in order to do some of these.

Project Planning

 

establish teams

setting preliminary project goals

identify and assign research tasks

sponsor interviews (one or two)

user interviews and questionnaires

research on university researchers (the user environment)

personas identified

personas researched

personas described

heuristic evaluation of site

preliminary analysis written

revise project goals

create scenarios for testing (199)

Preparing for Testing

 

determine test schedule

create screening questionnaire (189)

create pre-test questionnaire (203)

write facilitator script

write legal disclaimer and consent form

write user task and post task questions (for each persona)

write post-test interview

create session log sheets

write usability test plan

 

Usability Testing

 

perform pilot test (216)

perform walkthrough (217)

write pilot test and walkthrough analysis

recruit participants (189)

screen participants

schedule participants (193)

conduct lab tests (230)

greet participants

administer forms

brief participants

collect data

collate data into findings

Analyze and Report Results

determine scope and severity (268)

prepare a written report (274)

write cover and memo

write executive summary

write introduction

write methodology

write results

write recommendations

assemble appendixes