Reading/Web/Quantitative Testing

The following plan will be the default option for Quantitative testing for the Reading Web Team on all upcoming features. Details will be determined on a per-feature basis. Development of a feature should not begin prior to communicating a testing plan.

Reading Web Quantitative Testing Requirements

 * 1) Identify relevant metrics [PM, DA, DSGN]
 * 2) List questions to be answered by data (e.g.: does new feature / UI change improve reader retention? Does it attract enough usage?), perhaps drawing from earlier generative research
 * 3) Maybe: do retrospective analysis​ (observational analysis) of existing data from status quo
 * 4) Maybe: coordinate with qualitative testing
 * 5) Decide on use of exploratory data analysis vs. A/B testing
 * 6) Define metrics
 * 7) Maybe: Define success criteria and/or practical significance levels
 * 8) Add quantitative testing tasks to EPIC of the feature
 * 9) Implementation
 * 10) Note: Work on the feature must not begin prior to establishing metrics. Much of implementation can happen in parallel
 * 11) Define testing framework
 * 12) Define how the metrics will be measured and which users will be subject to this (sampling, A/B test bucketing)
 * 13) Build out framework for testing infrastructure (bucketing+sampling). Ensure proposal is feasible.
 * 14) Analytics/engineers sync before continuing, updating infrastructure if necessary [eng, PM, DA]
 * 15) Build feature and data collection
 * 16) Define an EventLogging schema and data to be logged.
 * 17) Spec instrumentation, create/update schema page on Meta, privacy considerations, define purging strategy [DA, engineers, PM]
 * 18) Confirm sampling method, sampling rates, test venues (wikis) and duration [DA, PM, eng]
 * 19) Implement feature flagged feature and instrumentation within framework defined above [eng]
 * 20) Test and sync on instrumentation [eng, DA] - DA and engineers must meet and review prior to deploying new instrumentation.
 * 21) Seek review from Analytics Engineering/Research about privacy considerations and purging strategy [DA, PM]
 * 22) Maybe: Update cookie documentation if needed [eng]
 * 23) Notify communities about test [CL, PM]
 * 24) Roll out feature to beta mode (unless stated otherwise)
 * 25) Roll out feature to 1-2 wikis for a pre-determined test
 * 26) Launch test - default scope to the experimental sample (if not defined otherwise)
 * 27) Monitor live data, sanity checks [DA]
 * 28) Deactivate test [eng]
 * 29) Run test for X months (default to 1 month)
 * 30) Analyze results after first X weeks (default to 2 weeks), publish results, communicate
 * 31) Graduate feature
 * 32) Cake