11. Prioritising tests

At this point we’ve identified the areas that will help improve your mobile experience. It’s now time to figure out where you should begin testing. Using a framework to prioritise fixes is a great way to see where the biggest wins for minimum effort are.

Prioritising tests

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The PIE prioritisation framework

Chris Goward’s PIE framework identifies three important factors for prioritising tests:

PIE

Potential

Potential

How big of an uplift do we estimate that the change will bring?

Importance

Importance

How much traffic does the page get and are you investing a lot to get those visitors?

Ease

Ease

How simple is it to implement the fix?


 

Step 1

Step 1

Start by listing the tests you need to carry out on your mobile site.

Step 2

Step 2

Assign a score for the potential increase of conversions the page will give.

Step 3

Step 3

Assign a score for the value of the page’s traffic for your business and how important it is for ROI.

Step 4

Step 4

Finally, talk to your developers and ask them to assign a score for how easy it will be to design and implement the fix.


 

PIE Prioritisation

Start with the idea with the highest score. Read more about the PIE framework here


 

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Now let’s look at how to begin testing in chapter 12!

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