Survey for monitoring feature prioritization

Links

• #882 (closed) Research request
• #883 (closed) Recruitment request
• Project folder with Research plan, Survey and Features list
• Survey
  • Version 1 (Please input Test into the Job title field if you don't want us to analyze your answer)
• Analysis spreadsheets
  • Internal – GitLab SREs
  • External – Firstlook
• Dovetail project

Checklist

Design survey

• Draft the survey
• Create a list of features
• Transfer the survey questions to Qualtrics @akiripolsky

Pilot survey

• Fill the survey and fix any problematic pieces in the MR
• Fix the survey in Qualtrics @akiripolsky @nadia_sotnikova

Collect responses – Round 1 – Internal

• Distribute the survey to GitLab SRE team @dhershkovitch
• Improve the questionnaire based on the feedback from SREs @akiripolsky
• Input the data collected to the analysis spreadsheet @akiripolsky

Collect responses – Round 2 – External

• Open a Recruiting request issue. Assign it to the relevant Research Coordinator @dhershkovitch
• When the survey is ready, ask Emily in the recruitment issue to send the survey to external participants from FirstLook @akiripolsky
• Notify Research Coordinator of survey closure. @akiripolsky

Document findings

• Analyze the data @akiripolsky
• Document the results @dhershkovitch
• Document insights in Dovetail
• Create actionable insight issue
• Update Metrics direction page
• Update the Problem validation research issue. Link to findings in Dovetail. Unmark as confidential if applicable. Close issue.

Survey about requirements for monitoring/Features list.md

@@ -20,55 +20,55 @@ Bellow you can see a screenshot of how does an example dashboard and configurati
 
 ### Dashboard level
 
-##### ⭐Import dashboard templates to create new dashboards
+##### ⭐Dashboard templates
 
 Templates for YAML configuration files
 that you can choose when creating new dashboards. 
 Templates contain basic file structure, configuration examples, and comments
 to speed up the dashboard creation process and improve consistency across dashboards.
 
-##### ⭐Add variables to a dashboard
+##### ⭐Variables
 
 Instead of the time-consuming and repetitive task of recreating similar dashboards multiple times, you can create a single dashboard and use variables to change the data you view in it.
 
 <img src='./image_7.png' width=600px />
 
-##### ⭐Out of the box dashboard for monitoring different technologies and services
+##### ⭐OOTB dashboards
 
 A set of out-of-the-box dashboards for the most common technologies and services
 that are configured automatically when you set up monitoring in GitLab. 
 It will improve the experience of users that just started using the monitoring 
 features of GitLab. 
 
-##### ⭐Group dashboards into folders
+##### ⭐Folders
 
 You can add dashboards to folders to make the dashboards list more organized.
 
-##### ⭐Add tags to dashboard for easier search
+##### ⭐Tags
 
 You can tag dashboards with keywords to make the searching for dashboards faster. 
 
-##### ⭐Add a horizontal list of custom hyperlinks
+##### ⭐Dashboard hyperlinks list
 
 A special horizontal list of custom hyperlinks
 so you can drill down to a tool of your choice (e.g. another dashboard or external tool) right from the dashboard UI 
 what can speed up switching between different tools.
 
-<img src='./image_1.png' width=600px /> 
+<img src='./image_11.png' width=600px /> 
 
-##### ⭐Rearrange panels using drag and drop
+##### ⭐Rearange panels with cursor
 
 You can rearrange panels using drag and drop rather than by editing the YAML file. 
 
 <img src='./image.png' width=600px />
 
-##### ⭐Resize panels with the cursor 
+##### ⭐Resize panels with cursor
 
 You can resize panels using cursor rather than by editing the YAML file.
 
 ### Panel level
 
-##### ⭐Add custom hyperlinks to the options menu of a panel
+##### ⭐Panel hyperlinks list
 
 Custom hyperlink in the options menu of a panel,
 so you can drill down to a tool of your choice (e.g. another dashboard or external tool) right from the relevant panel
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ that can speed up switching between different tools.
 
 <img src='./image_2.png' width=600px />
 
-##### ⭐Annotate metric charts
+##### ⭐Annotations
 
 Annotation, a dashed vertical blue line in a chart that displays a custom message on hover,
 that you can add to highlight an important point within the chart.
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ To improve collaboration and informativeness of the chart.
 
 <img src='./image_3.png' width=600px />
 
-##### ⭐Add threshold lines
+##### ⭐Threshold lines
 
 Threshold line, a solid horizontal red line in a chart,
 that you can add to visualize threshold without triggering an alert.
 
 <img src='./image_8.png' width=600px />
 
-##### ⭐Configure alert directly from a metric chart
+##### ⭐Alert config modal
 
 A contextual alert configuration modal openable from within the metric chart
 where you can configure alerts without the necessity to navigate to a dedicated alert configuration page.
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ It will improve the speed of alert configuration and provide better awareness of
 
 <img src='./image_6.png' width=600px />
 
-##### ⭐Change the appearance of the line on a chart (color, width, dotted line, etc..)
+##### ⭐Line appearance editing
 
 You can change the appearance of lines on a chart – color, width, type of line (solid, dotted...).
 
-##### ⭐Set a dashboard as Metrics home page for the whole project (admin setting)
+##### ⭐Homepage dashboard by admin
 
 As an admin or a maintainer of a project, you can set a dashboard as the Metrics home page which will be the default landing page for Metrics for all users.
 
-##### ⭐Override the admin Metrics home page settings with a user-specific Metrics home page setting
+##### ⭐Homepage dashboard by user
 
 As an individual user, you can set the dashboard they use the most as the Metrics home page, which will override the default admin setting.