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Making & Taking Informed Decisions
J. Boye Aarhus 14 – @galimathies
… Valuable lessons I have learned from messing around
with A/B testing on one of Denmark’s largest e-commerce websites for the past two years.
J. Boye Aarhus 14 – @galimathies
Mathies JespersenUser Experience Designer at Dansk Supermarked since 2012
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- A/B testing - Wireframing - Information architecture - Usability testing - Analytics
Lesson
How-to
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Always have a clear hypothesis
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Always have a clear hypothesis
“By changing ______ into ______ I can increase ______”
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If you can’t measure it, you can’t test it
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If you can’t measure it, you can’t test it
Ask yourself what success is
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Your numbers say more than a 1,000 words
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Your numbers say more than a 1,000 words
Your boss prefers $$$ over essays
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Get everyone to contribute
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Get everyone to contribute
Start by asking “why?”
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Let tests run as long as possible
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Let tests run as long as possible
200+ successes
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Keep it simple
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Keep it simple
Can you actually change this?
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Organize and prioritize a backlog
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Organize and prioritize a backlog
1. Business value 2. Technical setup 3. Dev effort
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Learn from failure
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Learn from failure
Everything’s a lesson learned
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Don’t break stuff
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Don’t break stuff
Review, present and discuss your test
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What makes your interface successful?
- Have a clear hypothesis - Can’t measure success? Don’t test - Numbers speak louder than words - Involve people - Run tests for at least a month - Keep it simple - Use a backlog - There’s always something to test - Test your tests
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