User Testing Planning

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Last updated: Jun 11, 2024 by Victoria.Ackroyd
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  • NRCS will be a part of the councils user testing group

    • NRCS is identifying users now (approx 120 so far)

    • All the councils + NRCS together for testing each tool

    • First test will be learning the process, they should be great by the time we get to VegSpec

    • NRCS facilitators may go out and find farmers, or they may have other NRCS people test the tool

    • NRCS people will be both facilitators and testing the tool

    • Chris note: two facilitators, one for NRCS, one for farmers

    • Anticipated minimum workload is 10 hours per month

  • Councils

    • Council project manager identifies 2-3 facilitators (council members, farmers, university agent, seed rep, etc)

    • Each facilitator will find 3-4 farmers to test the tool

    • Anticipated minimum workload is 10 hours per month

    • No incentives will be provided

  • Priorities

    • Highest priority → seeding rate calculator

    • Next highest → economics

    • Then VegSpec in stages based on readiness

  • Role of the game theory liaison from PSA (@Elizabeth Seyler)

    • Schedules trainings between game theory and trainers

    • Makes sure benchmarks are filled out

    • Communicates with developers (patch notes, current issues)

    • Communicates back to all 4 councils about the status of the testing and release schedule of the tools

    • Keeps track of game theory and their next steps, timelines, etc

  • Questions as a group

    • Are we doing testing sessions per council or all together?

    • Will users choose a tool to test or do them in a sequence? → tests will be sequenced

    • Will NRCS identify a list of facilitators? → yes

    • Who will be the NRCS point of contact for user testing? → Karl Anderson

  • Council facilitators (1-3 per council)