Andymark Beta Testing Log

[daniel_dsouza]

I signed up for AndyMark beta testing a week or so ago, and received this email today.

Daniel D'Souza,

Thank you for signing up to help us Beta Test this years FIRST Choice website. It will be open on November 19th at 12pm EST.
Your login and password will be found at the bottom of this e-mail. And the URL for beta testing will be sent out the morning of Tuesday (November 19th).
A few things about Beta testing:

* The Password you are given below is NOT the one you will use after Beta testing

* All parts listed are only examples from last years products

* Credits for these products do not reflect this years tbd Credits

* Qty available and max qty does not reflect this years tbd availability and max

* You will not actually get any of these products, this is only a test

* Please select COD for payment method during checkout

* You can make many orders to fulfill your credits, or one order, it's up to you

* Don't be afraid to try to mess something up

* Explore as much as possible to find errors

* Your login may not be your team number, this is fine for Beta testing

Please fill out this survey after/during testing to help us fix bugs that may have been found:
http://bit.ly/*******

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at FIRSTchoice@andymark.com.


Login: ****

Password: ********

I'll be posting my experiences here on CD. It looks like I'll have to wait until Saturday to try this out.

Who else is psyched for AndyMark Beta testing? Please comment with your experiences as well. It's great to see a great company doing great things to improve their great services for great programs like FIRST.

[Andy Baker]

Daniel,

Thank you for starting this thread and posting your findings here. We are excited to see what will come of all of this testing.

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

[Jon Stratis]

I got the same e-mail, and I'll certainly be posting my thoughts as well. Before we get into results though, it's important to remind everyone that the purpose of this beta test is to find issues with the system so they can be fixed before the real event. So if we happen to find a small problem or two, don't freak out! Personally, I'll be a little disappointed if I can't manage to break something... after all, that is part of my regular day job!

[IndySam]

Yes let's make Jerry pull his hair out. Oh wait.....

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by daniel_dsouza

I signed up for AndyMark beta testing a week or so ago, and received this email today.



I'll be posting my experiences here on CD. It looks like I'll have to wait until Saturday to try this out.

Who else is psyched for AndyMark Beta testing? Please comment with your experiences as well. It's great to see a great company doing great things to improve their great services for great programs like FIRST.

Testing starts on Tuesday, or am I missing something?

[jspatz1]

As one of last year's complainers, I was happy to sign up to help with this testing. As a "beta test" I assume its purpose is to uncover remaining problems in a limited audience so they can be fixed, so I don't plan to "report" on any of the experience. Anything I experience in the test, good or bad, may or may not be in the final product, so I would see no point in reporting on it and risk sparking rumors that might not be accurate. I just assume that is an obligation I take when I agree to help test.

[eli2410]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Personally, I'll be a little disappointed if I can't manage to break something

Same here. Gonna try everything, even things that would make no sense for people to do.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

As one of last year's complainers, I was happy to sign up to help with this testing. As a "beta test" I assume its purpose is to uncover remaining problems in a limited audience so they can be fixed, so I don't plan to "report" on any of the experience. Anything I experience in the test, good or bad, may or may not be in the final product, so I would see no point in reporting on it and risk sparking rumors that might not be accurate. I just assume that is an obligation I take when I agree to help test.

+1

[C_Morgan]

As the FIRST Choice Order Placer for the past few years, I look forward to participating in the Beta testing on behalf of FRC862: Lightning Robotics.

+1 for the continuous improvement approach

I plan to use the PSR [Problem Steps Recorder] tool built in to Win 7 during my testing to capture any errors which I may come across.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Looking forward to breaking something or at least trying to. I have had relatively good experience with FIRST choice, despite having been caught in the opening day issues last year and being able to order parts that had already been sold out.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols

Looking forward ...

ah ha!

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

As one of last year's complainers, I was happy to sign up to help with this testing. As a "beta test" I assume its purpose is to uncover remaining problems in a limited audience so they can be fixed, so I don't plan to "report" on any of the experience. Anything I experience in the test, good or bad, may or may not be in the final product, so I would see no point in reporting on it and risk sparking rumors that might not be accurate. I just assume that is an obligation I take when I agree to help test.

Maybe I am missing something here: If you find a problem, you're going to say something to someone, right? Otherwise, what's the value of your efforts? The goal is to find problems and tell them (AndyMark) about them so they can be fixed.

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Maybe I am missing something here: If you find a problem, you're going to say something to someone, right? Otherwise, what's the value of your efforts? The goal is to find problems and tell them (AndyMark) about them so they can be fixed.

He means here on Chief Delphi to all of us non-betatesters

[CalTran]

I think Mr. Spatz means publicly call AndyMark out about their errors (IE say something bad about FIRST choice on this particular thread for people to read and assume will be a big problem come ordering time.)

[nicholsjj]

First update from beta testing today is that FIRST Choice is now a unique website. https://www.firstchoicebyandymark.co...?returnurl=%2f T at first glance through the website it appears to be much more user friendly that the last one. Also the credits per part look much better as well.