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Poll: How Long Does It Take You to Complete a Roadtest and Write the Review?

Over the past year, I have been listening to roadtester experiences. Some roadtests are easy. Some roadtests have a moderate level of difficulty. And there have been a few that took a long time because they confronted problems where I needed to get the sponsor directly involved. I realize most of our roadtesters have full time jobs or are engineering consultants. Some are educators or researchers or students. I want to be mindful and respectful of your time. So, I wanted to get a better feel for how much time is being spent on:

 

  • Researching a roadtest
  • Learning Tools
  • Testing/Building
  • Writing the Review

 

Poll Question: How Long Does It Take You to Complete a Roadtest and Write the Review (Over 60 Days)?

  • There are too many variables to give it just a single answer.  Complex products that might require writing code or building hardware to exercise the product can take much more than 50 hours, even if everything go right.  If there is poor documentation or buggy hardware/software that number can easily double (or even greater).  Some products have a huge learning curve and can take even longer.

     

    So much too varies depending on the skill set of the reviewer.  If you have completed 10 reviews, the 11th is not quite as difficult, as you have developed a skill that helps you understand how to efficiently approach the review.  Also, your familiarity with the product, or very similar products will be a great advantage to understanding all of the features that you are attempting to evaluate.