Thanks ALL for the advice so far.
As you are connecting the wires (thanks Paul), are there
questions/process you apply to determine when to involve users.
For example: Have seen research where questions are asked of the
product and its users, where best practice, usability principles or
better
Often, user research can fall into a chasm because there is no up
front thought put into how it can translate into the design.
As others have said, the chasm can be avoided by thinking about what
questions the research should be answering. So as a designer, ask
yourself What do I need to know?
Thanks Richard and yes.
Think you need to be upfront and clear with the people who are
receiving and using the research that it will be delivered as
something that can be communicated clearly and is a design piece in
itself.
Think there is lots to be said for pairing a User Researcher and
Interesting discussion you've kicked off, Dan.
One thing you said (Think there is lots to be said for pairing a User
Researcher and Designer roles as they are complimentary skill sets) triggered
some thoughts. Read on...
At one of my former companies I built a process for conducting
Also I meant to name-check Will Evans for the excellent references he provided
on this thread.
(And for producing what is arguably the most @ss-kicking wireframing video on
Youtube.)
-Paul
On Feb 3, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Paul Sherman wrote:
Interesting discussion you've kicked off, Dan.
One
For a limited time, in honor of this topic and of the start of Interaction10,
I'm offering a free pdf download of Chapter 5 of Designing for Interaction on
Structured Findings that is on this topic. It was was one of the new chapters
in the second edition. Happy reading!
Thanks Dan.
rgds,
Dan
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When the reward justifies the effort, another aspect of connecting the
wires between research and design involves an attempt at
quantification. How prevalent is that persona attribute or behavior
in our audience? How did that design component we came up with in the
concepting session for the last
On Feb 2, 2010, at 12:28 AM, Daniel Szuc wrote:
Hi:
There is a magic place that exists between user research
(speaking with your users stakeholders), taking all that goodness
and designing the product with that in mind and speaking to it.
Often, user research can fall into a chasm because
Great topic. Success depends on connecting the wires between
research results and subsequent action. Our approach for connecting
the wires can be summed up in 3 points.
1) Begin with the end in mind
At the start of every research project, we identify the people who
are expected to take the
This is a little out of left-field, and sort of related to this
discussion on the resistance of the material:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=32320
I've found that by leveraging Hypnagogia (more commonly known as the
snooze button on your alarm clock) a heightened level of associative
On Feb 2, 2010, at 12:28 AM, Daniel Szuc wrote:
There is a magic place that exists between user research
(speaking with your users stakeholders), taking all that goodness
and designing the product with that in mind and speaking to it.
Often, user research can fall into a chasm because
To add some resources -
That magic space is so huge you could drive a tractor trailer
through it. Start here:
Deconstructing Analysis Techniques - by @docbaty, provides a decent
overview
http://johnnyholland.org/2009/02/17/deconstructing-analysis-techniques/
There are an additional 4 or 5
Clearly I need to ignore the list and get back to IxD10 since my brain
is incapable of multitasking.
Cheers,
~ will
On Feb 2, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Will Evans wrote:
To add some resources -
That magic space is so huge you could drive a tractor trailer
through it. Start here:
Deconstructing
Thanks Dan.
This is particularly interesting - Create design principles based
on what is known from research, plus the best ideas from concepting
I see this helping get more people aligned around a product framework
that may map to the UX Vision and/or how products fit together
strategically
Hi Dan,
To learn what the product development field knows here, a good entry
phrase is fuzzy front end. Though I like your term magic
place better.
http://www.google.com/search?q=fuzzy front end
Victor
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