✨ Exp 1 - Move "Create Board" button to be more visible
Hypothesis
If we move the Create Board button out from being buried, we will increase the number of users who create a board.
Smallest thing we can do
- Duplicate the create button (yes would be in two places)
- Move it
Steps to validate the test
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Get baseline stats for the current "Create New Board" selected item being clicked ideally for 3 releases -
This can also be a backend query to validate
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Validate with the Backend Query at the beginning and end of the release -
Determine if we need FE tracking tags on the old and new buttons -
Make the change in the UI and run for 2 releases -
See if there was a positive shift -
Roll out on project issue boards and group issue boards
What is the risk
- Minimal except for users who may remember where it was before
Current UI
Proposal
Move forward with MVC A but leave the Edit where it is
Proposed UI:
Smallest MVC
All current options would remain in the board switcher, and we would make the following changes:
| MVC A | MVC A + |
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Relocate the Edit board button next to the title and shorten the label to Edit. Also add a New button next to Edit. |
Everything in MVC A plus convert the Maximize action into an overflow menu with some of the global boards actions in it. |
| MVC C |
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Add a New issue board option within the New dropdown in the GitLab header when in a project. There could also be a New epic board when in a group. This would overlay the Create board modal wherever the user is located, and navigate the user to their new board once created. |