Fluid 0.3 UX Release Plan

Overview

This document is the working Fluid 0.3 release plan for the UX team. It provides a picture of all the primary tasks that need to be completed in order to cut the 0.3 release, along with their relative priorities.

Estimates are expressed in terms of ideal person days. So, if two people are required for a task and it's estimated to take them 3 uninterrupted days of work to complete it, the estimate will be 2 x 3 = 6 days. Ideal days are matched with reality by assessing how many calendar days are available to us, the number of people who can help out, and our velocity.

Planned Release date: April 25th, 2008
Total calendar days: 28.5
Rough team resource calculation: 100.5 person days / 0.44 (velocity) = 44.22 units of work

Deliverables

The Fluid 0.3 release deliverables are defined on the Fluid 0.3 UX Project Plan. This release plan shows the individual tasks for each of these deliverables.

Priority 1 Tasks: 47 days

Component Design & Testing

File Upload Component: 3.25 days

Task	Estimate
Community design review of Upload component	0.25 days
Design improvements based on community review	0.5 days
Implement working, tastable prototype	n/a
Refactor and refine implementation	n/a
Create test protocol for prototype Upload component	0.5 days
Book 5 users for testing	0.25 days
Run "hallway-style" user tests, each lasting about 45 minutes	0.5 days
Summarize test results	0.25 days
Implement design tweaks based on user test results	1 day

Layout Customizer

Task	Estimate
Final design tweaks	? days

UI Design Patterns

Design Patterns for the File Upload & Layout Customizer Component: 2.5 days

Task	Estimate
Create applicable file upload patterns	2 days
Update current drag and drop pattern based on Layout Customizer	0.5 days
Document process for creating a design pattern	1 day

User Research

Create shared models for understanding users in higher education: 42.25 days

Conduct contextual inquiry interviews
Create participant summaries
Group modeling

Task	Estimate
Conduct remaining interviews and synthesize notes; 2 in Toronto, 1 in Berkeley	4.75 days
Catch up on notes synthesis	6 days
Create summary for each participant	4.75 days
Find and reuse relevant models from previous Sakai course management work	0.25 days
Schedule and coordinate working meetings for core modeling	0.5 days
Coordinate and create working spaces in Toronto & Berkeley for modeling	2 days
Working meeting with Allison, Daphne, Shaw-Han, Erin, and Judy (2.5 calendar days)
Personas: identify through pattern exercise & create rough drafts	4 day
Use Case Matrix: identify use cases based on notes (pain points, time wasters, current activities)	2 days
Use Case Matrix: affinity diagramming (identify patterns)	4 day
Working meeting with Allison, Daphne, Erin, and Judy (4.5 calendar days)
Use Case Matrix: place in priority graph (frequency X importance)	4 day
Persona & Use Case mapping (who does it & how often)	2 days
Activity Diagrams: Identify complex workflows to have ADs created	2 days
Component ID & Prioritization: reassess current components priorities & fill in component gaps for 0.8 and 1.0	2 days
Create list of scenarios or use relevant to Components on roadmap (from above)	2 days
Mental Models: List of user's current models & expectations based on those models	2 days

U-Camp, JA-SIG Conference in St. Paul's, April 27-30

Task	Estimate

Priority 2 Tasks: 12.75 days

User Research

Create shared models for understanding users in higher education: 12.75 days

Create personas from rough drafts and prioritize
Create use case matrix
Define Scenarios
Identify component requirements

Task	Estimate
Modeling:
Create personas based on rough drafts; assume five @ 1/2 each	3.25 days
Identify primary and secondary personas with persona map activity; 1/2 activity	2 days
Create use case diagram/matrix	0.5 days
Create workflows and activity diagrams for current, complex activities; assume five @ 1/2 each	2.5 days
Pain point affinity diagramming (3 people)	3 days
Flesh out scenarios defined in the working meetings; assume five @ 1/2 day each	2.5 days
Define high-level requirements for components; map use cases and scenarios to components	2 days

Priority 3 Tasks: 21.75 days

UI Design Patterns

Launch Content Management System for the Open Source Design Patterns Library: 19.75 days

Task	Estimate
Update Open Source Design Patterns Library working group charter for presentation to group	1 day
Coordinate Open Source Design Patterns Library working group, plan & hold first meeting	1 day
Finalize Screenshot policy for design patterns (or do not use any proprietary screenshot examples)	1 day
Create home page for OSDPL (includes description of purpose)	.5 day
Finalize data elements that compose a pattern	.75 day
Finalize navigation of OSDPL	2 days
Finalize styling of OSDPL	2 days
Finalize pattern entry workflow for OSDP	3 days
Upgrade OSDPL to latest version	.5 days
Move OSDPL to Fluid server	.5 days
Review OSDPL for usability & accessibility	1.5 days
Update OSDPL with usability & accessibility improvements recommended in review	2 days
Review & edit Sakai patterns for generality (by Open Source Design Patterns Library working group)	2 days
Migrate Sakai design patterns to OSDPL	2 days

User Research

Review and synthesize previous user research findings: 2 days

Task	Estimate
Review CI notes from previous Sakai course management work for information to current relevant contextual inquiries	2 days