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A [[UAT]] multiplier for a [[legaltech]] implementation computed by considering the ratio of features the user will want, understand and use, against those her management wants, understands, and expects her to use; (ii) the things a lawyer habitually does that the [[legaltech]] will oblige her to ''not'' do, or do in a different, effortful or perverse way.
A [[UAT]] multiplier for a [[legaltech]] implementation computed by considering the ratio between:
 
(i) Features the user will want, understand and use,  
 
(ii) “Features”  her management wants, understands, and expects ''her'' to use, and
 
(iii) Things she habitually does that the [[legaltech]] will henceforth oblige her to ''not'' do, or do in a different, more effortful or perverse way.


In the olden days when hi-fi envy was still a thing, spoddy anorak types would speak of the “wife appreciation factor” — the kind of attributes that would see that new pre-amplification gain-stage attenuator make it through the door without the missus hitting the roof.
In the olden days when hi-fi envy was still a thing, spoddy anorak types would speak of the “wife appreciation factor” — the kind of attributes that would see that new pre-amplification gain-stage attenuator make it through the door without the missus hitting the roof.


Generally, an awesome total harmonic distortion rating wouldn’t cut it. It had to ''look'' nice, which meant “acceptably unobtrusive” and ideally ''invisible'', but failing that, artfully-applied walnut veneer, a minimalist fascia and a resemblance to mid-century Danish lounge furniture would at least put you in play.
Generally, an awesome total harmonic distortion rating wouldn’t cut it: it had to ''look'' nice, which meant “acceptably unobtrusive” and ideally ''invisible'', but failing that, artfully-applied walnut veneer, a minimalist fascia and a resemblance to mid-century Danish lounge furniture would at least put you in play.


We mention this because the same goes, with feeling, when asking experienced lawyers to embark on a “user [[change journey]]” which has in mind a destination watched over by [[legaltech]] machines of loving grace.  
We mention this because the same goes, with feeling, when asking experienced lawyers to embark on a “user [[change journey]]” which has in mind a destination watched over by [[legaltech]] machines of loving grace.