WebSphere Message Brokers Usability Questionnaire

This questionnaire refers only to the usability of WebSphere Message Brokers. Please contact your IBM representative if you need specific marketing or service help, or if you have specific comments about the functions of IBM products or systems.

We welcome your feedback on our usability.

To help us find out how usable this product is, and to identify areas for improvement, please provide answers to the questions and add any other comments that you might have.

Please see the fine print before submitting your comments.

If you are happy for us to contact you about your comments, or if you would like us to respond to a particular query, please provide your name and e-mail address.


 





Did you migrate to V6 from an earlier version?

v2.1

v5

No

Don't know

Other (please provide details below)


Which operating systems do you use?

Windows

Linux x86

Linux zSeries

AIX

HP

Solaris

z/OS

Other (please provide details below)


How satisfied were you with the product packaging?
Very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Very dissatisfied
Presentation and initial impressions?

How easy was it to locate the required media?

Additional comments on product packaging:


How would you rate the usability of the product installation?
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
How easy to use, and how useful, was the LaunchPad?

How easy was it to install the product?

How useful was the installation documentation?

Additional comments on product installation:


How would you rate the usability of migration to WebSphere Message Broker from a previous version?
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Not applicable
How helpful was the documentation for migrating the product?

How easy was it to migrate the message broker components to the new version?

How easy was it to migrate the toolkit resources to the new version?

Overall how easy was it to migrate to the new version?

Additional comments on product migration:


How would you rate the usability of the initial user experience?
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Don't use
How easy to use, and how useful, was the Product Welcome Page?

How easy to use, and useful, was the Quicktour?

How easy to use, and how useful, was the Default Configuration Wizard?

How easy to use, and how useful, were the Getting Started Samples?

How easy to use, and how useful, was the Sample Preparation Wizard?

Additional comments on the initial user experience:


How would you rate the usability of the WebSphere Message Broker Samples?
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Don't use
Overall how useful were the WebSphere Message Broker Samples?

How well did they demonstrate the capabilities of the product?

Overall how easy were the samples to use?

How well did the samples help you to learn to use the product?

How good was the sample coverage for new function?

Additional comments on the WebSphere Message Broker samples:


How would you rate the usability of administration using the Message Brokers Toolkit
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Don't use
How easy is the Broker Administration Perspective to navigate?

How easy is it add and delete brokers?

How easy is it to deploy message flow application resources?

How easy is it to configure and deploy the broker topology?

How easy is it to set up topics for publish/subscribe?

How easy is it to administer subscriptions using the Message Brokers Toolkit?

How useful is the documentation for administering the product using the Message Brokers Toolkit?

Additional comments on administration using the Message Brokers Toolkit:


How would you rate the usability of message flow development using the Message Brokers Toolkit?
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Don't use
How easy is it to navigate the Broker Application Development Perspective?

Overall, how easy is it to develop message flows?

How easy is it to develop message flows using ESQL?

How useful is ESQL in achieving your goals?

How easy is it to develop message flows using Mappings?

How useful are Mappings in achieving your goals?

How easy is it to develop message flows using Java?

How useful is Java in achieving your goals?

How easy is it to develop message flows using XML Transformation?

How useful is the documentation for developing message flows?

Additional comments on message flow development:


How would you rate the usability of message set development using the Message Brokers Toolkit?
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Don't use
Overall how easy is it to develop message sets using the Message Brokers Toolkit

How easy is it to create a message definition from existing code?

How easy is it to create a new message definition without existing code?

How useful were the IBM supplied messages?

How useful is the documentation for developing message sets ?

Additional comments on the message set development in the Message Brokers Toolkit:


How would you rate the usability of the following areas in the product?
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Don't use
Overall how easy is it to troubleshoot problems with the product?

How easy is it to find information when there is an error?

How easy is it to understand error information?

How easy is it to debug message flows?

How helpful was the documentation when trying to solve problems?

How easy is it to recover from problems?

How easy is it to get help from service?

Overall how easy is it to program user-defined nodes?

How useful is the documentation for programming your own nodes?

Overall how easy is the information center and product documentation to use?

How easy is it to navigate the information center?

How easy is it to find the information you need?

Additional comments on the usability of the above areas of the product:


Please provide any other comments about the usability of the product and how we could improve it


Send comments:







The fine print

By choosing to send a message to IBM, you acknowledge that all information contained in your message, including feedback data, such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, shall be deemed to be non-confidential and IBM shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute the information to others without limitation. Further, IBM shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such information.