Assumptions, Meet Research

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   Cultivating Shared Understanding from Collaborative User Research by Erika Hall via UIE Brainsparks Podcast “When you bring a stakeholder in and you’re like, ‘Watch this, and see the power, and feel the change in your own mind when you see all of your assumptions blown away’ – those are really, really powerful moments.”

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   Why WeWork UX won’t have a research team by Tomer Sharon via Medium “Research is a design practice. Separating between research and design into different reporting structures creates a wall between two roles that so naturally connect with one another. Research leads to design, design triggers research.”

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   From Airbnb: The Real Value Of UX Research by Matt Gallivan via FastCo Design “In the current digital product landscape, UX research’s real value is in helping to reduce uncertainty. And while that’s not as sexy as knowing everything about everything, there’s great value in it. In fact, it’s critical.”

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   When to Use Which User-Experience Research Methods by Christian Rohrer via Nielsen Norman Group “To better understand when to use which method, it is helpful to view them along a 3-dimensional framework with the following axes: Attitudinal vs. Behavioral, Qualitative vs. Quantitative, [and] Context of Use.”

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   The GV research sprint: a 4-day process for answering important startup questions by Michael Margolis via Google Ventures “We’ve optimized a research process that provides maximum learning as quickly as possible. It’s called a research sprint, and we’ve helped more than 100 startups use this process to learn more, make better decisions, and move faster.”