[Testing] Displaying testing metrics in motivating ways

[Gary C Martin]

Hi Mel,

On 13 Nov 2008, at 00:06, Mel Chua wrote:

> Since Cjl is out of town, I'm seeding this conversation on his behalf.
>
> Questions we need to address:
>
> 1. Which data/metrics do our stakeholders want to see? In what format,
> with what frequency?
> 2. What tools can we construct/repurpose/use to automate #1?
>
> Thoughts so far, from Cjl with some of my edits:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Community_testing_meetings/2008-11-06/Displaying_testing_metrics_in_motivating_ways
>
> Please discuss.

I've added some notes to:

	http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Community_testing_meetings/2008-11-06/Displaying_testing_metrics_in_motivating_ways

I was running most of these tests (not the collaboration ones) on ~50  
Activities about once a week just prior to the 8.2 lock-down. Would be  
nice to pump some of this data into a badging scheme on each  
activities page. Some use of shared templates and semantic wiki  
information, so we get both useful data for authors, users, and OLPC  
managers with big sticks?

--Gary

> Actually, even better than discussion - if you have an idea for this
> that will take you less than 1 hour to implement, Do It. If you have  
> an
> idea that will take you more than 1 hour to implement, take that  
> hour to
> write up the idea and what kind of resources/effort it might take.
> Either way, put it on the wiki, post it to this list, and write  
> yourself
> into the agenda for the next community test meeting to demo and  
> request
> feedback/adoption.
>
> I am firmly convinced that:
>
> 1. Our volunteer test community members are brilliant
> 2. many_people.smartness() > few_people.smartness()
> 3. Often, the best thing I can do to help facilitate great work by
> volunteers is to Get The Heck Out Of Their Way. (/Maybe/ sometimes to
> get other things the heck out of their way as well. Maybe.)
>
> -- 
> Mel Chua
> QA/Support Engineer
> mel at laptop.org
>
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