What’s in a named list?

We’re working on “named lists” for QualityCentral. This will allow any logged-in user to create a list of QualityCentral (QC) reports, name the list, and share it with varying visibility rules, such as private, public, invitation only, etc.

I want to get your feedback on some of the options for named lists. This is not an exhaustive design spec, and each of these options have implications for how the lists are managed internally. What I’d really like to get is what you expect for the user experience, without worrying about the internal implementation of the list.

Consider the following “named list” scenario:

• You make a list named “DBArtisan for Joe”
• You make another list named “Delphi for David”
• You make a another list named “JBuilder for Dan”
• You then make another list, called “My QC reports”, which references the other three lists “DBArtisan for Joe”, “Delphi for David”, and “JBuilder for Dan”

Here’s what I’d like your feedback on:

Displaying the list

1) When you look at “My QC items”, what do you see?
1a) The combined QC reports from the referenced lists
1b) A list containing links to each of the referenced lists
1c) Something else entirely

Removing items from the list

2) When you remove a report reference from the list “My QC Items”, should:
2a) the report reference be removed from the list originally containing it?
2b) you be prompted to remove it from the original list?
2c) it only be removed from “My QC Items” because “My QC Items” should be a snapshot of the other lists at the time you create the list “My QC Items”

(Status updates and other modifications to a specific item are not an issue, because all lists link to their original QC items.)

Adding items to the list

3) When you add items to “My QC Items”, should:
3a) it be added as a new QC report link only for “My QC items”
3b) you be required to choose the referenced list that should contain the reference
3c) you only be allowed to add another list to a list of lists

Please let me know what you think. Thanks!