[User-committee] [app] application developer research needs

Anne Gentle annegentle at justwriteclick.com
Thu May 26 16:28:08 UTC 2016


Thanks Pieter --
I've added a lot of questions to the etherpad. I hope that collaborative
editing was your intent. :)

I've taken a few of these style of developer surveys since attending Google
I/O last year and also signing up to play with some IoT-type platforms, so
I incorporated some of my learnings from those surveys.

Based on what I've seen, I'd highly encourage a three-to-four page survey
with about five questions per page.

Also, connection to other app devs or travel and feature-promoting
enticements could be just as valuable as "prizes" as those we want to reach
are often highly-compensated earners. Devs will answer surveys if they
think it'll change the platform, but might not bite for other reasons.
Let's ensure the questions appear actionable.

Thanks,
Anne

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Kruithof Jr, Pieter <
pieter.kruithof.jr at intel.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> We’re going down the path of conducting a user study to collect deeper
> information on application developers.  This study would be in addition to
> the data collected from the foundation’s semi annual survey.
>
> At this point, we’re going down the path of identifying questions that
> would provide a deeper understanding of your users to help drive product
> direction.  If there is any specific data you would like to collect from
> application developers, please add them to the study etherpad:
>
> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/newton-osux-appsurvey
>
> Also, we haven’t landed on a research methodology such as usability
> testing, interviews, etc.  It just depends on the data we need from users.
> Lemme know if this makes sense.
>
> BTW, should I be sending this to the dev distribution list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Piet
>
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Anne Gentle
www.justwriteclick.com
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