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Lab Book Tasks

3. Estimate the time for each team member to complete (a) research, (b) design, (c) implementation, and (d) test of the project implementation

Noah

Research: 20m

Design: 20m

Implementation: 30m

Testing: 30m

Total: 100m

9. Usability test script

Thank you for agreeing to test my website. Please feel free to share any comments or questions you may have.

Please begin by going to noahfreed.com/labbook.html.

Perform each of the following tasks:

View the usability test script in project 1

View project 2

View the ethnography study in project 3

View the results of the usability test in the example project

Answer the following questions:

On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being bad and 5 being great:

-How would you rate the usability of the website?

-How would you rate the appearance of the website?

What did you like best about the website?

What do you think should be changed about the website?

Thanks for helping to test the website!

10. Results of the usability test

Performance results:

	Subject 1	Subject 2	Subject 3
View the usability test script in project 1	2s	-	12s
View project 2	5s	-	7s
View the ethnography study in project 3	33s	-	9s
View the results of the usability test in the example project	54s	-	17s

*Note: Subject 2 self-administered the usability test, so I was unable to time their performance

Performance questions and responses:

	Subject 1	Subject 2	Subject 3
How would you rate the usability of the website?	4	4	3
How would you rate the appearance of the website?	2	3	3
What did you like best about the website?	The layout is obvious	Very quick response to move from page to page	The links were clear
What do you think should be changed about the website?	More consistency across pages	Should have an obvious way to navigate around the various pages [especially getting back to the home page] without using the back button. Also, it's quite stark which is good if the sole purpose is functionality, but not very welcoming if for the general public.	Numbering on project 1 is confusing

11. Describe how to access the project’s implementation; i.e, what is the URL for the website, or what is the process for downloading the .apk for the application

Go to http://noahfreed.com/labbook.html.

12. Record the actual time spent by each team member to (a) research, (b) design, (c) implement, and (d) test the project implementation

Actual time spend to complete the project:

Noah

Research: 5m

Design: 45m

Implementation: 145m

Testing: 45m

Total: 240m

13. Summarize what perspective users liked and disliked about the application

Users generally liked the straight-forward structure of the website design and its responsiveness, but felt that it could use more consistent page formats and more visual interest. Additional requests included ways to navigate the website without relying on the back button and revising the numbering on the project tasks to be less confusing. One user was confused at how "slow response" could be considered a positive on the example project.

Note: the header links were added based on user feedback.

14. What I learned

I learned that having links to navigate within pages of a website, rather than relying on using the back button, is helpful. I also learned that creating a website takes longer than I expected. Finally, I learned that I was supposed to include what I learned on this site, despite not being in the original assignment.