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By: nortypig » Blog Archive » Comparing Design Alternatives

nortypig » Blog Archive » Comparing Design Alternatives — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:26:54 +0000

[...] difference between the design alternative. In Assessing Weights for Users’ Needs Part 1 and Part 2 he provides more information on how to develop a weighted differences [...]

By: Daniel Szuc

Daniel Szuc — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:42:57 +0000

Thanks Jared

By: Jared Spool

Jared Spool — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:00:33 +0000

Excellent question, Daniel.

There isn’t any pre-meeting preparation that will help. (Of course, the more informed you are about your users and their needs, the better things will be. But this exercise is more about taking a snapshot of what you think those things are, so you don’t need to do anything special there.)

That said, the best results come from good preparation before each vote is taken. Here, the facilitator will want everyone to be on the same page about what each row means.

For example, stating that “Better Search Access” is about “making sure users can clearly see how to conduct a search from any page” will help ensure that everyone is voting on the same criteria.

By: Daniel Szuc

Daniel Szuc — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:49:31 +0000

Is any preparation required by the team scoring to better inform their scoring? Or is it gut reaction, based on person’s experience type of scoring — i.e. getting a person’s first reaction.

By: Assessing Weights for Users’ Needs, Part 1 » UIE Brain Sparks

Assessing Weights for Users’ Needs, Part 1 » UIE Brain Sparks — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:36:39 +0000

[...] Tomorrow, we’ll talk about how we would assess the weights for each difference. [...]