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Testing Plans: Mapping the Work
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You got to know where
                    you want to go.


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and you got to know
                       where the pitfalls are.


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You need to know



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• How
                     • When
                     • Where
                     • Who
                     • Why
                     • What
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Worries:
                            Formal?
                            Casual?


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Prepared.



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Test plans also:



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Serve as main communication vehicle




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Defines required
                            resources.

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Define
                            Focal points
                            Milestones




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Parts of the Test Plan
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Purpose, goals, and
                            objectives of the test


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Broadly.
                            Major stuff.



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Why are you testing?
                            What’s the impetus?


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Reasons NOT to test:



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• Improving user experience




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• Improving user experience
                     • Everyone else is doing it




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• Improving user experience
                     • Everyone else is doing it
                     • Space is available




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• Improving user experience
                     • Everyone else is doing it
                     • Space is available
                     • Somebody wants to do something shiny


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• Improving user experience
                     • Everyone else is doing it
                     • Space is available
                     • Somebody wants to do something shiny
                     • Market testing

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Good reasons to test:



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• Understanding which users can use the
                            product well.

                     • Compensating for acknowledged issues.
                     • Addressing specific complaints.


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Research questions



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Clear, succinct



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Measurable
          Quantifiable

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Don’t do this:



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• Is the product usable?




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• Is the product usable?
                     • Is the product ready for release or does it
                            need more work?




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• How easily do users understand what is
                            clickable?




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• How easily do users understand what is
                            clickable?

                     • How easily do they find X information?




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• How easily do users understand what is
                            clickable?

                     • How easily do they find X information?
                     • How quickly & successfully do they register
                            for the service?




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• How easily do users understand what is
                            clickable?

                     • How easily do they find X information?
                     • How quickly & successfully do they register
                            for the service?

                     • Where in the site do they go to find
                            Search?

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Participant
                            characteristics


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double-check
                             with client


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# of participants



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Participant types



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Method (test design)



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Why?



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keeps everyone in the
                   team on the same page


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multiple test
                            moderators


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focuses test
                            development


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protocols



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Task list



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• Description of task (1 line)




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• Description of task (1 line)
                     • Materials/Machine states required




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• Description of task (1 line)
                     • Materials/Machine states required
                     • Successful completion criteria



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• Description of task (1 line)
                     • Materials/Machine states required
                     • Successful completion criteria
                     • Timing/Benchmarks


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Goal:
             Indirectly expose usability flaws



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Prioritize tasks:
                Frequency
                Criticality
                Vulnerability
                Readiness

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Test environment,
                  equipment, and logistics


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Test moderator role



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Data to be collected
                            Evaluation measures


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Report contents and
                               presentation


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