Comments on: UIEtips: Testing in the Wild, Seizing Opportunity http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2009/08/12/uietips-testing-in-the-wild/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Sat, 18 May 2013 00:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Daniel Szuc http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2009/08/12/uietips-testing-in-the-wild/comment-page-1/#comment-148128 Daniel Szuc Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:43:31 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=846#comment-148128 Hi Dana, good reading and like the idea of regular, iterative testing as the product design rolls along to inform product strategy. Questions - 1) Do you think that the term "testing" carries some misconceptions. For example, the user is being tested, the designers are being tested, the team is being tested, the product manager is being tested - someone, somewhere is being tested :) - resulting in people feeling defensive about the process? Does the term "usability testing" put us on the same page as the product team or does it create defensiveness? Which leads to question 2 ... 2) How important is it to brief all members of the product team about the testing process and what is actually being tested? Is it time to change the name of this method? Thanks, Dan Hi Dana, good reading and like the idea of regular, iterative testing as the product design rolls along to inform product strategy.

Questions –

1) Do you think that the term “testing” carries some misconceptions. For example, the user is being tested, the designers are being tested, the team is being tested, the product manager is being tested – someone, somewhere is being tested :) – resulting in people feeling defensive about the process? Does the term “usability testing” put us on the same page as the product team or does it create defensiveness?

Which leads to question 2 …

2) How important is it to brief all members of the product team about the testing process and what is actually being tested? Is it time to change the name of this method?

Thanks, Dan

]]> By: Mark Pawson http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2009/08/12/uietips-testing-in-the-wild/comment-page-1/#comment-148110 Mark Pawson Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:08:15 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=846#comment-148110 Great article. I wish I had this two years ago when I was asked to run usability tests at a trade show. I did an extensive literary search then to find pointers on how to do this and could find nothing specific to my situation. I did find articles on how others had modified UX techniques for their particular 'Wild" environment. Thank you for this article. It validated that we took the correct approach. Keep it hgh level and go for the quick wins. I published my work in the hopes that more will write about their experiences. http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/jus/2009may/pawson1.html Great article. I wish I had this two years ago when I was asked to run usability tests at a trade show. I did an extensive literary search then to find pointers on how to do this and could find nothing specific to my situation. I did find articles on how others had modified UX techniques for their particular ‘Wild” environment. Thank you for this article. It validated that we took the correct approach. Keep it hgh level and go for the quick wins. I published my work in the hopes that more will write about their experiences.
http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/jus/2009may/pawson1.html

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