Research Review Apps
What’s this issue all about?
Users do not know how to use review apps
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/58596
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/35849 A good candidate for internal interviews would be the documentation site:
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/26621
- gitlab#34846
Who is the target user of the feature?
New/Experienced users of Gitlab that wish to use review apps
What questions are you trying to answer?
How to get more users to use review apps
Core questions
- Would you like to see your implemented changes before deploying to production?
- How likely are you to use review apps?
- Are you actively using review apps, if not, what alternative do you use in order to validate changes before production?
- What trouble have you faced when trying to deploy a review app?
- What feedback are you interested in from users connecting to review apps?
- Who needs access to the review app?
- On average what is the duration that the review app should live?
- Would you want the review app to expire?
- Would you like to control the review app's lifecycle automatically or manually?
- Should the review app consider geo location or other factors?
- Does the review app need top be encrypted?
- Self Managed or Saas?
Additional questions
What hypotheses and/or assumptions do you have?
If we understand the gaps, we can address them and get more users to use review apps
What decisions will you make based on the research findings?
Fix existing capabilities, improve documentation, prioritize missing features
What's the latest milestone that the research will still be useful to you?
Edited by Lorie Whitaker