developing hospitality at levelup 2014
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Developing HospitalityDaryl L. L. Houston
Simon Ouderkirk
Simon Ouderkirk
Daryl L.L. Houston !
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daryl.learnhouston.com!@dllh!
ouderkirk.co!@saouderkirk
• Distributed!• Small!• Product plus support!• Close-knit (messing up hurts)
Service & Hospitality
Hospitality
Service and Hospitality in Software Development
Software Restaurant
External and Internal
•Communication tools •Support tools
•A working product •Documentation •Maintenance and bug fixes
Example External Hospitality Failures
• Partial or missing i18n • Partial or failing responsiveness • Partial or missing accessibility • Confusing sign-up flow • Poor documentation • In our case, wp.com vs. wp.org
Example Internal Hospitality Failures
• Poor/slow search tools • Fragmented documentation • Fragmented bug tracking/response • Crummy UX for tools • Buggy internal tools • Failure to fix the external things,
resulting in more support interactions.
Case Study #1: Spam Referrers
Spam Referrers
Harmless, right?
Spam Referrers
• Referrers hidden from reports but not from counts.
• No user-managed way to view/delete blocks. • We thought we would be helping both users
and support staff. • We confused the former and hurt the latter.
Case Study #2: The Interim Editor
Case Study #2: The Interim Editor
Case Study #2: The Interim Editor
Case Study #2: The Interim Editor
• Big user outcry • Added Opt-Out • Can think of this as good
Service bailing out suboptimal Hospitality
WP.com Happiness Team
A Framework for Integrating Hospitality
into your Launch
• The Bigelow Window • Cures, not band-aids • Ownership of and support for crucial
things like testing (needs a champion!) • Consider opt-in beta testing for big
launches (also good for community)
Closing Remarks Q & A
Simon Ouderkirk
Daryl L.L. Houston !
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daryl.learnhouston.com!@dllh!
ouderkirk.co!@saouderkirk