[SEEK-Taxon] FW: draft outline for Feb 2005 meeting

[Beach, James H]

For today's SEEK Taxon call in 6 minutes:


Laura Downey will be joining us

Sprint dial in access number

1-702-759-8444

Participant code 

425 303

Jim

_____________________________
James H. Beach
Biodiversity Research Center
University of Kansas
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
T 785 864-4645, F 785 864-5335





-----Original Message-----
From: Laura L. Downey [mailto:ldowney at lternet.edu] 
Sent: 04 January, 2005 3:43 PM
To: Beach, James H
Subject: draft outline for Feb 2005 meeting

Okay how about this for a working outline regarding usability for the
Feb
2005 meeting .....

Usability activities for small representative user group of providers of
taxonomic data (preferably 5 or more):
-Prior to their arrival at the workshop, ask them to rank and describe
their top 3 problems/issues -Prior to their arrival at the workshop, ask
them to describe the top 3 features they would like to see in an
application -at the workshop, present the results of both activities --
facilitate the exercise of having the group then prioritize the
problems/issues and then map the "wishlist" activities that might help
solve the problems and also brainstorm about other solutions -possibly
discuss the formation of user steering committee (we may not want to do
this until we have discussed things with the Taxon working group
first)

Usability activities for the SEEK Taxon group -brainstorm and discuss
assumptions about the various user communities (right now we are
assuming two communities -- users of taxonomic data and providers of
taxonomic data) -- this will provide the basis for developing a user
profile instrument; assumptions can include things like demographics,
roles, goals, tasks, technology usage and familiarity, current tools,
current processes etc -as a group activity, construct a user/task matrix
-discuss the formation and use of a user steering committee to help
drive requirements and make decisions -discuss "day-in-the-life" field
studies -discuss feedback methods
   -- design sessions and paper prototype testing with the user 
      steering committee
   -- software prototype testing with a larger group of users - plan
when
      these might be done (opportunities where users are gathered if 
      possible such as conferences or other large user meetings)
   -- remote usability testing that is somewhat self-directed -discuss
polling the wider user community about the 12 application ideas the SEEK
team has developed -- topics could include asking users whether they
agree with the list (add/delete ideas), then have them rank the
applications.  This, along with observations we do in the field, will
help us decide which apps to work on and in what order.


Laura L. Downey
Senior Usability Engineer
LTER Network Office
Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
505.277.3157 phone
505.277-2541 fax
ldowney at lternet.edu
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Beach, James H [mailto:beach at ku.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:08 PM
To: Laura L. Downey
Subject: RE: SEEK Taxon Call -- Friday!

Sure, I will be glad to help!

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Laura L. Downey [mailto:ldowney at lternet.edu] 
	Sent: Tue 1/4/2005 1:55 PM 
	To: Beach, James H 
	Cc: 
	Subject: RE: SEEK Taxon Call -- Friday!
	
	

	Sounds good to me.  I can write up a general outline of the
proposed
	activities and discussion items that we talked about this
morning and email
	it to you.  Then we can discuss things and finalize and maybe
email out to
	the Taxon group before the call?
	
	
	Laura L. Downey
	Senior Usability Engineer
	LTER Network Office
	Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
	1 University of New Mexico
	Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
	505.277.3157 phone
	505.277-2541 fax
	ldowney at lternet.edu
	
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: Beach, James H [mailto:beach at ku.edu]
	Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:46 PM
	To: Beach, James H; ldowney at lternet.edu
	Cc: Stewart, Aimee Marian
	Subject: RE: SEEK Taxon Call -- Friday!
	
	Laura --
	
	My mistake - the call is a week from Friday on the 14th.  Given
that in the
	meantime, yu and I should probably go to plan B and come up with
a roughed
	out written plan/outline and I will start contacting potential
users to
	come.  Sound OK?
	
	-- Jim
	
	        -----Original Message-----
	        From: Beach, James H
	        Sent: Tue 1/4/2005 1:41 PM
	        To: ldowney at lternet.edu
	        Cc: Stewart, Aimee Marian
	        Subject: SEEK Taxon Call -- Friday!
	       
	       
	        Laura --
	        
	        The SEEK Taxon teleconference call this week is at 9:00
AM on
	Friday. Yikes. Does that conflict with your dentist appointment?
If yes, I
	will change the call time if we can get you for 30-45 minutes on
the call.
	If that is a conflict what other times (your local time) would
work, if any,
	for you on Friday?
	        
	        Thanks so much, I understand that is your day off.
	        
	        Jim