Last updated February 18, 2009. Created by Arvind. on March 13, 2007.
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This is a project to answer the recurring question, 'Who uses Drupal?' The material from this project could be used whenever we need to take a step back from a design problem and ask how the design will work for the user or a specific subset of users.
A 'user' is someone who is posting content or using more advanced features on a Drupal website. They often encounter standard Drupal user interfaces.
The goals are to determine:
- Who uses Drupal?
- What are their goals?
We have some idea of who uses Drupal:
- Wants to build and/or add content to a website.
- Has some website building experience.
- Have widely varied amounts of effort to put into his or her site.
This is a start, but there is a need for much more research to fill in the details and to divide the users into roles and personas.
The research will consist of a series of 10 interviews followed by a widely-distributed survey. The raw data will then be analyzed to meet the goals of this project.