Re: [O] Just sharing another orgmode use: usability tests

[Eduardo Mercovich]

Hi Karl.

> > + automatic task clocking, including automated time stamping of 
> > every observation.

> You seem to use headings for any events.
> If list items does the trick as well, you can take a look at 
> timers
> for doing the clocking thing: 
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Timers.html

Totally agree, that's exactly what I use now. :)
Lists are used inside each task, at 1 item per (short) 
observation. 

> > + observation tagging (there are repeating patterns of use or 
> > interaction problems or sources that you could catch on the 
> > fly, so any observation could be related to those common 
> > issues).

> You already mentioned templates. I'd go with yasnippets for that 
> as well.

Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant more the use of tags related to 
common observed patterns mark and select after (with sparse tree) 
those in which that pattern or issue is relevant. Great to group 
things (tasks, observations, etc.) related to the same issue. 

> > + automatic filling of User/task-results-and-time matrix (the 
> > most fundamental metric of usability tests).

> Wow, this would be great.

Yes, but for that I have to learn Lisp. ;)
I'm starting with "An Introduction To Programming in Emacs Lisp" 
by Robert J. Chassell. Just minutes a week sadly, but this is what 
I can do now. :)

In the document structure we have: 
* Users,
** Pre-task interview
** tasks (with TODO states as indicators of success|failure|so-so; 
  maybe we can use properties).
- each one with one or more timer entry
- so total task time is the last item timer value,
** Post-task interview

To make the User/task-results-and-time matrix we'll have to walk 
the hierarchy and get for each User the sequence of tasks, and of 
each, the success (or not), time and tag (issue) related and put 
that in the results matrix. 

Since I couldn't find other references about orgmode used for 
usability, I am organizing an informal workshop to share this 
experience next week with 10 people or so from the usability 
community in Buenos Aires.
If someone is interested, we can arrange another in English after 
this 1st one. ;)

Best regards... 


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eduardo mercovich

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