Author:  Pokernut  Posted:  May 9, 2014 16:34  Subject:  Re: Implement a Validation Team for BL Changes  Viewed:  42 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Pokernut (1009) Location:  United Kingdom, Scotland Member Since Contact Type Status Dec 27, 2012 Seller Store: ACES FULL

In Suggestions, lovaquero writes:    SUGGESTION: BL development team needs to implement a validation process to validate any changes made to BL prior to live roleout. This should include the use of personas, a focus test team, and potential involvement of community members. This is common industry practice for any software development team, and is needed if BL is operating in a Scrum/Agile development fashion (which appears to be the case). -------------------------------------- I REALLY like how BL is finally starting to implement some of the suggestions from the BL community. Many of these changes are positive, and I commend BL for starting to take action to improve the website. Having said that, too many of the changes are seemingly being implemented without any sort of validation or consideration to what the impact will be. It is like the developers working on the site have no process to prove-out the changes prior making those changes live. Case In Point: A new 'color' box was added to order line-items to help with color-picked parts. This was implemented in HTML as a 'background' color. On-screen this looks good, but to print you must enable background printing. This, in turn, caused the entire page to print, which was too much. So BL removed all background color, made the order page completely white (even overriding default browser settings) and added a thick black border around the order. Problems with this: (1) To print the color boxes one still needs to change print settings specific to BL. Then change back the settings for other websites. (2) If you DO print orders, you now have roughly doubled your black ink comsumption due to the unneeded black border (3) If you DO NOT print orders, you are blinded by the glaring order page. This is bad for your eyes and bad for your monoitor. (4) You cannot override the layout/color scheme due to webpage implementation All of these problems should have been identified and addresses prior to the constant changes being implemented. A proper validation process would have identified the root problem (i.e. how the color boxes were implemented) and created a solution to fix the root problem rather then its symptoms (i.e. unable to print the color boxes). This would have resulted in the issue being identified and corrected (i.e. implement the boxes differently) before the new feature was mode live on the website. Great points. A question I have that may have already been answered is...Why was the little color box next to each item decription deemed necessary on the order page? When you print your order it generally gives you a picture of the part, in color and the color of the part is also in type. Do you relly need the color mentioned 3 times in the space of a cm? Changing thing for change sake ( or to make it look pretty ) is pointless

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Implement a Validation Team for BL Changes - lovaquero (2128)

SUGGESTION: BL development team needs to implement a validation process to validate any changes made to BL prior to live roleout. This should include the use of personas, [...] (123 months ago, May 8, 2014, to Suggestions)

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Re: Implement a Validation Team for BL Changes - jennnifer (3537)

[...] Hello, The color boxes have nothing to do with making things pretty. They are an aid to sellers to avoid mistakes in pulling items. Many item's thumbnail images are [...] (123 months ago, May 9, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Implement a Validation Team for BL Changes - mnementh (23261)

[...] [...] Yes, I do. This has been asked for my several people over many years, and I am glad that they have implemented it. It has already made it easier for me to avoid [...] (123 months ago, May 9, 2014, to Suggestions)

Re: Implement a Validation Team for BL Changes - Pokernut (1009)

Thanks for the replies. If they help you all well and good. I always found the desciption adequate, I never relied on the pictures. Each to their own :D (123 months ago, May 9, 2014, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - lovaquero (2128) 123 months ago May 8, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - enig (6369) 123 months ago May 8, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - Miffy. (1034) 123 months ago May 8, 2014 to Suggestions
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 Msg 22 « - Pokernut (1009) 123 months ago May 9, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 23 - jennnifer (3537) 123 months ago May 9, 2014 to Suggestions
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