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Transitioning from academia to user research
Transitioning from academia to user research requires a fundamental shift in mindset and approach as well as flexibility and compromise. In the corporate world, research serves a different…
How more and less mature UX teams differ
Typically more UX mature organizations have smaller, less detailed user research plans and less UX mature organizations have more comprehensive UXR plans. Many people find this counterintuitive…
Create space for participants to add to the conversation
I'm going to stay it again for the people in the back. In user research, we never ask participants "What do you want?” for several reasons. And while this may be obvious to some, the reasons behind it may not. It’s also not their job to think in this way and most people do not have the ability to think in this way. Instead, create space for participants to add to the conversation.
Learn the lingo: User-Centered Design
UCD/User-centered Design || What is it? User-centered design places the intended user at the center of the design/development process. The practice includes them as…
Increase your UX and user research skillsets
YOU’RE INVITED!!! Joe Formica, founder of Bitesize UX, and I are teaming up to do another event together! Here's the skinny: We met on LinkedIn in March 2020 (have never met IRL actually). We co…
Transferable skills of UX Research
Teaching and UX Research offer transferable skills for a beneficial transition. At last night's Ladies That UX DC event I discussed several key transferable skills: 1. Teaching's communication…
Join us for an "Ask Me Anything" event with Ladies that UX
Today is the day! Please JOIN US for an "Ask Me Anything" event with Ladies that UX. Ask me anything about: User Research Best Practices, How to avoid bias when conducting User Research…
Myth: "User Research Slows Down Development"
🚫 Reality Check: Many believe that conducting user research slows down the development process. However, this myth overlooks the fact that incorporating customer and prospect…
Learn the lingo: Stakeholder
Stakeholder || What is it? “Stakeholder” is the term used to describe anyone who holds a significant interest or concern in the research outcomes. Typically stakeholders include cross functional team members, clients and/or others that may be affected by the research study…
Learn the lingo, improve your vocabulary
Do you know the difference between user research, user testing, a usability test, and UserTesting.com? People regularly ask me how to break into UX research and acquire better…
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