Johnson Controls MEMORANDUM “TO: Exin Weber FROM: Group #- Shane Douglas, Coin Utah, and Dean Moston DATE: October 16,2014 ‘SUBJECT: Usee Testing of Shark Identification Chart AO? on go7 ‘As you knoys recent dficlies wih the shark idgtigton chart neds tobe resolved. Our {poup hhercloped new chet whih-w- bok il oats the rumen of the document ‘We conducted user testo determine Nether the document can actualy help someone identity sharks and interviewed HE prticipahGlo Yea what pats of the document helped and those ‘whic cid not o could be beter. Ovelve eared tha the document worked well. Aer explaining the test procedure, results, and conclusion we hope to collaborate with you to make the final revisions tothe shark identification chat before its used ‘The testing procedure was simple. There was a total of seven testers whom were asked 10 identity sharks, Using testers with litle to no knowledge of shar j% gave them our chart to identity the shark fom pictures on a PowerPoint presentation. Bbsaude tho picture its not possible to determine the length ofthe shark we also gave them lengths of the shark in the picture in the presentation. Is not evident which shark it was from the pictures inthe presentation because color and physical features are not easily discemable. All sharks on the ‘chat had pictures in the presentation to see if there is any ambiguity between any two sharks. ‘We made note of several observations and concerns from the user. Alter overseeing four different tests we found several aspects ofthe chart, 1) The chart gave the tester enough information to easity determine the shark 2) The testers quickly and correctly identified all sharks. 3.) Pictures ofthe chart were not useful 4) The descriptions were very usefl Furthermore we found that the users prefered the layout of the chart, Tey also thought that it ‘vas helpful that similar sharks are together in the chart to effortlessly compare the two sharks in ‘question. The users were adamant about the use of the pictures and the descriptions. They said the pictures hardly helped but the descriptions helped very much because it better defined theshark. Using this information, we have come up with some possible alterations tothe chart that will likely make iteven more useful ‘Because the descriptions seemed to be the important part of the chart, the characteristics of the shark should be listed, ee seni et Xp, . cme \ eo et This should allow the user fo find which shark as those specific traits ata certain location on the chart rather than search for them in paragraph form. We could also find better picture if we can since the ones we have did not seem to help. The lage title could be erased because it adds no utlty tothe chart so the chart could be expanded to use larger font and pictues, After applying these change we believe the shark chart shouldbe very useful inthe fied, Enclosures: PowerPoint, Results, Current Shark Chart, Wamning Labels! ! BEWARE! ! ™ DECK MAY BE SLIPPERY ™ ALL PERSONNEL ARE TO WEAR FLOTATION DEVICES AT ALL 2 TIMES‘Dean Merton Shane Douglas Colin Ulath Shark identification Manual Citations ‘lack Tip Shark: http//en wikipedia. osu/wiki/Sacktip ceet shark ‘Blacknose Sharks hto://en wikipedia. org/wiki/Backnose shark ‘harpnose Shar: htto://en,wikioedia.org/wik/Ponnethead ‘onnethead Shark: kimedia org/wiki/FileSphyrna tiburo boston Nurse Shark: htt://en wikipedia org/wiki/Grey nurse shark conservation Sandbar shark: htp:/en.wikipeda.org/wik/Sandbac shark Scalloped Hammerhead: htto://en wikipedia ors/wiki/Scalloped hammerhead Spinner Shar: hto://commons wikimedia org/wiki/Fle:Carcharhinu Lemon shark: ul i 97 2 SEBEL