The purpose of this testing is to gather user feedback on different potential icon sizes for the My Projects page menu of the TDM Calculator. The icons allow the user the ability to delete projects, download projects to a CSV file, print, and hide projects.

1. Prerequisites
   1. Test Plan
2. Preparation
   1. Target Users
3. Recruitment
   1. End Users
4. Testing Logistics
   1. Survey Materials
   2. Tool Setup
   3. UXR Training
5. Results
   1. Survey Results
   2. Findings
6. Additional Resources
   1. Referenced Resources
   2. Contact Us

• Created test plan for the My Projects page icon size preference test.
  • RP006: My Projects Page Icon Size Preference Testing Research Plan
    • Referenced prior usability testing RP005: My Projects Page Usability Testing to provide background information and context related to the need for this testing.
    • Discussed recruitment and survey design with PM and design teams.

• Utilized HfLA community to represent users for usability testing.
  • DR Determining who to recruit for the My Projects page usability testing

• Sent out a recruitment message via the #general Slack channel and received 13 responses (Lyssna provides access to 15 survey responses under the free plan).

• Design team created mock-ups of new font and icon sizes (located in comments of GitHub issue), and the UXR team annotated them to include the information users needed to determine their preference.

• Used HfLA #general Slack channel for recruitment.
• Used Lyssna to create preference test survey.

• Formal UXR training was not needed, but the UXR team gathered resources on web accessibility, preference testing versus A/B testing, and attitudinal versus behavioral research in order to guide study design.
• UXR team leads provided informal tutorials on using Lyssna.

• Survey results were analyzed by Lyssna's built-in data reporting feature.

• Created slide for the 18-02-2025 stakeholder deck to discuss the results and gather feedback from the stakeholders.

• GitHub Wiki page for all prior TDM Calculator usability testing
• TDM Calculator Research Plan Template
• TDM Calculator UXR Presentation Template
• Resources: Web Accessibility
• Resources: Preference Testing versus A/B Testing
• Resources: Attitudinal versus Behavioral Research

• Our Slack channel: #tdm-ux.

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