Discovery & Testing Methodology: Dungeon Master v2 Proposal #1

Overview

Discovery Phase will bypass assumptions in order to generate a new base metric for the build. Testing Phase will be applied towards the existing product. Analysis and Synthesis of these learnings will result in a finite build strategy for optimizing DMv2.

Discovery

• Interviews
  • Script
  • Time boxed format
  • Schedule
  • Execution
• Data affinity mapped via Travi's workshop
• Personas
• HMW Questions > User Stories
• Red Routes
• Sitemap

Key Deliverable: a novel sitemap for a speculative DM, which may or may not align with the original DMv1 build.

Bonus Op: SOP for UX Research

• Document our discovery methodology
• Submit as SOP for wider RG Ranger use

Testing

• 1:1 Testing with RG members
  • ID scenarios to test
  • script for tester
  • data extraction method
• ID Users / Use Cases
  • RG Clerics
  • RG Jesters (meeting facillitators)
  • Members seeking info
  • Members seeking to update raid/RIP status
  • etc.
• Iteration
  • every interview refines questions for User IDs in relation to actual experiences
• Red Routes of frictions (Tension Map)
  • mapped on the existing product
  • clearly ID'd pain points, bugs
• "Dark" Sitemap

Key Deliverable: a clearly rendered sitemap of the existing product build, including friction/pain points for the current users of RG

Bonus RIP: SOP for Documentation

• Use the testing method to sketch v1 documentation for DMv1
• Standardize our own techniques to submit as SOP for RG technical Scribe use

Analysis/Synthesis

• Compare discovery sitemap with testing sitemap
• Analyze the differences..
  • in a report to the guild
  • as recommendations to structure the build
• Used to scope the timeline/budget for Proposal #2

Duration / Budget

• ~10hrs/week x $150/hr x 8 weeks x 4 contributors
  • $12k per raider
  • $48k total, per proposal
• Begin work immediately upon approval
• Proposal #1 deliverables complete by Nov 18, with follow up into December
• Proposal #2 submitted by end of year, with work to begin Jan 2023

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Proposal #2 Sketch

Anticipated Deliverables

• Final polished build of DMv2
  • Justified/evidenced by the learnings of Proposal #1
• Useable Documentation for DMv2
  • Sketched in Proposal #1, executed as a discrete docs site for Proposal #2
• New design elements for DMv2
  • Integrated into the existing design system
  • Linked symbols so that future changes will populate throughout the app
  • Potentially SOP for how future RG branded products can incorporate this SOP to keep our design flow consistent