VSA: Date abbreviations in path bar should be clearer
Insight
- See Dovetail reel for tag
Terminology
Supporting evidence
When asked: "...where has the team spent most of their time in the past 30 days?"
- 4 out 10 of the participants were not sure what the
m
stood for in theCode 4m
path bar item - 2 out 10 participants failed to correctly complete the scenario due to misinterpreting the unit of time
- CMS scoring sheet (Scenario 2)
Current Path bar |
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Action
- The simplest update would be to spell out the unit of time
- See design management for design proposal
Resources
Tasks
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Assign this issue to the appropriate Product Manager, Product Designer, or UX Researcher. -
Add the appropriate Group
(such as~"group::source code"
) label to the issue. This helps identify and track actionable insights at the group level. -
Link this issue back to the original research issue in the GitLab UX Research project and the Dovetail project. -
Adjust confidentiality of this issue if applicable
Note
Implementation Guide
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Update the formatTimeAsSummary utility method which is used by medianTimeToParsedSeconds method -
Update any affected frontend and backend tests
Edited by Ezekiel Kigbo