[openstack-dev] [Storyboard] [UX] Atlanta Storyboard UX Summary

Angus Salkeld angus.salkeld at rackspace.com
Thu May 22 02:44:34 UTC 2014


On 21/05/14 13:32 -0700, Michael Krotscheck wrote:
>I've compiled a list of takeaways from the one-on-one ux sessions that we
>did at the Atlanta Summit. These comments aren't exhaustive - they're the
>big items that came up over and over again. If you'd like to review the
>videos yourself or peruse my notes, please drop me a private line: They're
>rather large and I don't want to share my google drive with the world.
>
>*Users were extremely confused about Tasks vs. Stories*

+1 me too.

Do they have to be different things (stories and tasks)? Would it be better to just have
"issues" that could be made children of other "issues"?

-Angus

>
>This is perhaps the biggest takeaway, because it came up in every session
>and on every UI. Questions included: "Can I comment on this task", "What if
>a task requires a design review independent of a story", "What is the
>lifecycle of a task/story", "Can I make a Task be dependent on a Story (and
>vice versa)", "How granular is a task", "Why can't I see which project this
>story is assigned to".
>
>There was also an extended section of the design meeting trying to explain
>what a task is, how it relates to gerrit commits, how that impacts the
>overall workflow, and more. On one side, one-task-per-commit was mentioned,
>another time 'tasks can be anything' was mentioned.
>
>*We really need search*
>
>The title is self explanatory, really. Several users asked for a
>'universal' search much like how Gerrit now works, with improvements on the
>autocompletion and tagging, so that there would be only one 'uber' Search
>place. Subsearching inside of projects was also requested, though the same
>was not asked for in stories. One user asked for the ability to save
>searches.
>
>*Users want sorting*
>Sort by priority, sort by status, sort by date, sort by project were
>mentioned. The latter may be difficult for stories.
>
>*We need priorities*
>
>Patch up for CR.
>
>*Typeahead needs clearer UI*
>
>Everyone had problems with the typeahead fields in the task edit form, for
>which we've since put up a patch that may make it clearer that it's a
>dynamic field. Work is ongoing on that.
>
>*Story Status should be decoupled from the status of its tasks*
>
>Many users were not certain about the Story's status changing when the
>task's status did. Some did notice, however there was some negative
>feedback regarding the lifecycle of a story. One user wanted the story's
>lifecycle to begin during design, before any tasks were created.
>
>*Everyone wants it*
>
>A lot of interest. Yay!
>
>There's more, however I've picked out the big things that I feel need to be
>addressed as we move forward with the infra dogfood, as well as a few
>little things that I feel are going to be quick fixes.
>
>Michael

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