I've recently used user shadowing as a technique to quickly capture
user pain points and interaction with the current system.
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I grab some time with the stakeholder at the beginning to get a sense
of the context of the goal. Who the users might be, what they need
to accomplish, what they don%u2019t need to do, etc. are the main
points to get down. They may not have all the answers but it%u2019s
a start.
I also turn
Good morning Todd.
We've been to adding mini-research projects to kickoff meetings.
When you are on a budget, a kickoff meeting is a good opportunity to
explore stakeholder expectations of user needs. Not an alternative to
real user research, but certainly can help clarify what direction the
user
See what Forrester and other Industry Analysts and News sources have
available as well as conduct competitive research.
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So, yesterday I asked what your favorite methods for rapid research
were. Nobody responded. Does that mean that no one here is using
research to inform your designs? Are you guys all just winging it?
Do you just skip the research phase if your client tells you we don't
have time.? I
What kind of research?
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Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
To post to this
Surely you have some suggestions, lets hear them. Here are a few off
the top of my head:
Competitive analysis, analytics, ask client for existing research
Find where users hang online and read what they are saying, search
twitter for references ...
Stakeholder interviews
Survey people in my
So, you create a questionnaire and hit local venues.?
On Jul 8, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Fabian A wrote:
Depending what is the product the client is trying to communicate...
it could be getting information from a local retail store and just
do a questionnaire about their customers and questions
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So, yesterday I asked what your
Todd et al.,
Awesome! I'm so glad you asked this question...
The current state of my company culture allows me literally no time
for testing people outside of our organization. So when we want to
test some new idea, we usually try it on our own internal resources,
student advisers and the dev
I personally feel really uncomfortable making any kind of design
decisions without a minimal effort at research, to me it just feels
like guessing. When I am not given enough time, I do much of what has
already been listed:
-competitive analysis
-get marketing data (better than nothing)
-talk to
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So, you create a questionnaire and hit local venues.?
On Jul 8, 2009
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Todd et al.,
Awesome! I'm so glad you asked this question...
The current state of my company culture
Hello,
Will you hate me for starting my reply with it depends? You haven't
narrowed the question to a particular stage of the product cycle, for
example. So I'll assume in this group you're talking about detailed design
of a web site or piece of software (as opposed to opportunity discovery or
I'm with Marc, we work introduce clients to the process and the
benefits therein and if we disagree too deeply we walk
away---Otherwise you're being setup for failure (even clients are
ignorant that they're causing this) at least for large, complex
projects (
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Here are a few methods;
The bridge method
Futures workshops
Claims analysis
Q-sorting
Reality mapping/CUTA/CARD
Predictive task analysis/supergoaling
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Chauncey
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So, yesterday I asked what your favorite
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