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Updated by Marc Alcobé about 3 years ago
### Context
This feature was initially called "Baseline". After much discussion in the Product team about how this feature should be named, we arrived at our current working title "Show changes".
There were a number of factors that lead to this:
* Comprehension: how will does the title tell the user what the feature does?
* Translation: how does the name translate to other languages?
* Brevity: toolbar space is premium real-estate, what would be the _short_ name be?
* Accuracy: does the name accurately present what is offered?
This name, however, is not final and can be challenged. The below table will summaries the pros and cons for each proposition, so we can decide on the final name.
### Options
A summary of naming options and things to consider:
<figure class="table op-uc-figure_align-center op-uc-figure"><table class="op-uc-table"><tbody><tr class="op-uc-table--row"><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:100px;"><strong>Name</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"><strong>Comprehension and accuracy</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:200px;"><strong>Translation</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:130px;"><strong>Brevity (Toolbar label)</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:180px;"><strong>Marketability</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"></td></tr><tr class="op-uc-table--row"><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:100px;"><strong>Baseline</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell">Easily comprehensible to users who are are looking for a way to compare the current state with a date in the past. However, baseline also has a broader meaning in project management than just comparing between two dates. To quote <a class="op-uc-link" href="https://project-management.info/project-schedule-baseline/">project-management.info</a>, "<i>The schedule baseline is the planned schedule of the project after its approval by the relevant stakeholders. In project management, it is typically the output of the schedule development process and becomes a component of the project management plan [...] Within this plan, it is one of the 3 project baselines, besides the scope baseline and the cost baseline.</i>" <br><br>So "schedule baseline" might be more accurate, but our feature does not let users define baselines to compare against. However, "baseline" might still be evocative and better convey how the feature might actually be used.</td><td class="op-uc-table--cell" style="width:200px;"><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>FR</strong>:<br>- Plan de de réference ?<br>- Programe planifié ?<br>- Baseline ?</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>ES</strong>:<br>- Referencia de base ?<br>- Baseline ?<br>- Línea base ?<br><i>(non are perfect)</i></p><p ?</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>DE</strong>: <br>Baseline?</p></td><td class="op-uc-table--cell" style="width:130px;"><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>FR</strong>:<br>- Baseline ?<br>- Réference ? <i>(unclear)</i></p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>ES</strong>:<br>- Baseline ?<br>- Línea base ?<br><i>(non are perfect)</i></p><p ?</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>DE</strong>: <br>Baseline?</p></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:180px;">Very marketable. It sounds like a pro, advanced feature for use by project managers. </td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"></td></tr><tr class="op-uc-table--row"><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:100px;"><strong>Track changes</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell">Can cause confusion. The concept is common especially to users of Microsoft Word (and other word processing software), but it works differently than this feature, since <i>Track changes</i> is used to track changes when the mode is ON, not compare the current state to a previous state.</td><td class="op-uc-table--cell" style="width:200px;"><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>FR</strong>:<br>Suivre les changements</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>ES</strong>: <br>Seguimiento de cambios</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>DE</strong>: <br>Änderungen verfolgen</p></td><td class="op-uc-table--cell" style="width:130px;"><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>FR</strong>:<br>Changements</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>ES</strong>:<br>Cambios</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>DE</strong>:<br>Änderungen</p></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:180px;">Quite marketable but inaccurate, so probably won't help communicate what it <i>really</i> does to users.</td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"></td></tr><tr class="op-uc-table--row"><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:100px;"><strong>Show changes</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell">More literal and is comprehensible even to users who might not be familiar with project management terms like 'baseline', although as <mention class="mention" data-id="5" data-type="user" data-text="@Birthe Lindenthal">@Birthe Lindenthal</mention> has mentioned, it is also vague and not as marketing-friendly.<br><br>So it is more comprehensible to a larger audience, technically more accurate, but at the expense of sounding less ambitous and interesting and certainly not making its use case as clear.</td><td class="op-uc-table--cell" style="width:200px;"><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>FR</strong>: <br>Afficher les changements</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>ES</strong>: <br>Mostrar cambios</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>DE</strong>: <br>Änderungen anzeigen</p></td><td class="op-uc-table--cell" style="width:130px;"><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>FR</strong>:<br>Changements</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>ES</strong>:<br>Cambios</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>DE</strong>:<br>Änderungen</p></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:180px;">Not as marketable, sounds a bit bland/vague, but is more accurate.</td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell">✅</td></tr><tr class="op-uc-table--row"><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:100px;"><strong>...</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:200px;"></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:130px;"></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:180px;"></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>
The checkmark is showing the currently selected name. We can move it to the final name once that's selected.
This feature was initially called "Baseline". After much discussion in the Product team about how this feature should be named, we arrived at our current working title "Show changes".
There were a number of factors that lead to this:
* Comprehension: how will does the title tell the user what the feature does?
* Translation: how does the name translate to other languages?
* Brevity: toolbar space is premium real-estate, what would be the _short_ name be?
* Accuracy: does the name accurately present what is offered?
This name, however, is not final and can be challenged. The below table will summaries the pros and cons for each proposition, so we can decide on the final name.
### Options
A summary of naming options and things to consider:
<figure class="table op-uc-figure_align-center op-uc-figure"><table class="op-uc-table"><tbody><tr class="op-uc-table--row"><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:100px;"><strong>Name</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"><strong>Comprehension and accuracy</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:200px;"><strong>Translation</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:130px;"><strong>Brevity (Toolbar label)</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:180px;"><strong>Marketability</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell"></td></tr><tr class="op-uc-table--row"><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell" style="width:100px;"><strong>Baseline</strong></td><td class="op-uc-p op-uc-table--cell">Easily comprehensible to users who are are looking for a way to compare the current state with a date in the past. However, baseline also has a broader meaning in project management than just comparing between two dates. To quote <a class="op-uc-link" href="https://project-management.info/project-schedule-baseline/">project-management.info</a>, "<i>The schedule baseline is the planned schedule of the project after its approval by the relevant stakeholders. In project management, it is typically the output of the schedule development process and becomes a component of the project management plan [...] Within this plan, it is one of the 3 project baselines, besides the scope baseline and the cost baseline.</i>" <br><br>So "schedule baseline" might be more accurate, but our feature does not let users define baselines to compare against. However, "baseline" might still be evocative and better convey how the feature might actually be used.</td><td class="op-uc-table--cell" style="width:200px;"><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>FR</strong>:<br>- Plan de de réference ?<br>- Programe planifié ?<br>- Baseline ?</p><p class="op-uc-p"><strong>ES</strong>:<br>- Referencia de base ?<br>- Baseline ?<br>- Línea base ?<br><i>(non are perfect)</i></p><p
The checkmark is showing the currently selected name. We can move it to the final name once that's selected.