Mark Tiderman's workshop emphasizes the importance of DIY usability testing for effective SharePoint user adoption. Usability testing helps identify issues early, moving users from merely 'using' to 'owning' the product, which can prevent costly failures. The document outlines steps and tools for conducting usability tests, advocating for early and frequent testing to enhance user experience.

1. BooST SharePoint User Adoption
Through DIY Usability testing
[workshop]
‣ BY MARK TIDERMAN

2. Who Is Mark Tiderman
✤ Experienced SharePoint Architect
✤ Teaching and presenting for 15+ years
✤ Building custom apps for the enterprise for the past 7
✤ Founder - Streamlined Studio (SharePoint Shop for workflow & usability)
✤ Founder - User Enjoyment (Cincinnati's UX Meetup)
✤ Husband to Michelle
✤ Father to Marcos (7), Isaac (4) & Selah (2)

3. Usability testing IS
‣ Watching people actually try to
use what you've built,
‣ with the intention of making it
easier and more enjoyable

4. SO WHY IS
Usability testing
SO Important

5. THE PROBLEM:
THIS IS How I think I look

6. But IN REALITY
I look like this

7. Usability testing
HELPS FIND THE FOOD IN MY TEETH
BEFORE IT COSTS ME
Time, Money, My REPUTATION, My job

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10. Usability testing Is Important BecaUse
‣ You are bias towards your “baby”
‣ You are not like your users
‣ All sites/apps have problems
‣ Serious problems are easy to find and are too costly if you don't
‣ Silent complaints are the most deadly
‣ Watching users makes you better
‣ Because bad usability is the primary reason most projects fail
‣ Including your users will move them from "users" to "owners"

11. Usability testing IS
‣ Watching people actually try to use what you've built,
with the intention of making it easier and more enjoyable
‣ Focused on "Actual Use" instead of Opinions
‣ Single most underutilized component of better work #myOpinion

12. Usability testing IS NOT
‣ a Focus Group
‣ asking for opinions
‣ trying to prove a point
‣ User Acceptance Testing

13. Whats The Difference
‣ User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
‣ Does it work the way we intended it to?
!
‣ Usability Testing
‣ Does it work?
!

14. What Should You Test
‣ your existing site
‣ other people's Work
‣ Broken projects
‣ Successful projects
‣ Wireframes, Page Designs, prototypes
‣ ideas = the Back of the napkin Test

15. When Should I Test
‣ Earlier than you think
‣ Before it’s Finished!
‣ 5%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%

16. Lets Do It!
DIY Usability Tests

17. The Setup
‣ Computer / Device
‣ Application
‣ Screen recording / Screen sharing
‣ Camera
‣ Microphone
‣ Notebook

18. The Facilitator
‣ Be friendly
‣ Stay NEUTRAL
‣ Give clear directions on tasks to accomplish
‣ Ask the user to THINK OUT LOUD
‣ OBSERVE any problems
‣ DECIDE how to fix the problems (later)

19. The Steps
‣ The Welcome
‣ Starter Questions
‣ The Home Page Tour
‣ The Tasks
‣ Go Deeper
‣ Wrapping Up

20. StepONE: Welcome
SAY:
‣ Thanks for helping us out today
‣ We are testing a website/app, NOT YOU
‣ No right/wrong answers
‣ Just Try to use the product/app/site
• Do your best to "Think Out Loud”.
‣ Pretend I can't see, but I can only hear you. Tell me:
‣ what your looking at
‣ what your thinking/feeling
‣ what you are trying to do
‣ Please don't filter your thoughts

21. StepTWO: Starter Questions
‣ Background
‣ Get the participants talking
‣ show them you are actually listening
‣ get the info you need to grade on a curve
!
‣ Say
‣ What is your occupation?
‣ How many hours a week do you use the internet?
‣ What kinds of sites do you spend the most time browsing?
‣ What are your favorite websites?

22. StepTHREE: The Home Page Tour
‣ Background
‣ The point is to see if users can at first glance figure out what this site is for
‣ Let them scroll but don't click
‣ Not asking for opinions
!
‣ Say
‣ Can you tell me the purpose of this site?
‣ What emotions come up as a response?

23. StepFOUR: The Tasks
‣ Background
‣ Give the user a scenario with a clear goal to accomplish
but don't tell them how to accomplish it
‣ “You are….” “You need to”)
‣ Take notes for a deeper dive later on
‣ Follow your gut on when to move on to the next question
!
‣ Say
‣ So…you work in HR and your responsible for sending out a weekly
announcement to the whole department. Send out the email.
!

24. StepFive: The Deep Dive
‣ Background
‣ This is your chance to elaborate
on any issues that came up
during the test
!
‣ Say
‣ Can you please try to…

25. StepSix: The Wrap-up
‣ Background
‣ Make them feel appreciated.
‣ Ask for Feedback*
!
‣ Say
‣ Thats it. Great job. Thanks for
coming, etc.
*If you give them a voice you will gain an advocate

26. The Usability Scale
INTUITIVE
FUNCTIONAL
DELIGHTFUL

27. Tools for
DIY Usability Tests

28. Tools
‣ Invision
‣ Silverback
Resources
‣ Join A Meetup (Like User Enjoyment!)
‣ goodui.org
‣ Rocket Surgery Made Easy
‣ Don’t Make Me Think

29. Summary
‣ Get started as soon as you can
‣ Start earlier than you think makes sense
‣ 1 Day a month
‣ Have Fun
‣ Move to Functional to Intuitive To Delightful

30. Thanks!
‣ mark@streamlinedstudio.com
‣ @MarkTiderman
‣ streamlinedstudio.com
!