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A nice little overview of some fundamental ideas around User Research Readings: Don't Make Me Think!

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USER RESEARCH

Deck adapted from Donna Lichaw who is eight kinds of awesome

2USER RESEARCH

WHY IS USER RESEARCH NECESSARY?

FREE YOUR MIND

http://www.nngroup.com/articles/iterative-design/

“Iterative development of user interfaces involves steady refinement of the design based on user testing and other evaluation methods.”

USER CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS

UCD Lean

USER RESEARCH

RESEARCH METHODS

EMAIL & ONLINE SURVEYS

https://qualaroo.com/

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

USER INTERVIEWS

9CARD SORTING

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tult/

10CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY, FIELD

STUDIES, & ETHNOGRAPHY

http://www.flickr.com/photos/halversongroup

USABILITY TESTING

http://nform.com | http://uid.com

A/B AND MULTIVARIATE TESTING

http://janrain.com   http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com

WHEN TO USE WHAT METHOD?

14USER RESEARCH

DIFFERENT APPROACHES

15IN-LAB

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https://secure.flickr.com/photos/kvans/5087072690/sizes/l/in/photostream/

TWITTER NYC’S USABILITY LAB

REMOTE TESTING

http://blog.mailchimp.com/remote-usability-testing-on-mobile-devices/

GUERRILLA TESTING

19WHEN TO USE WHAT APPROACH?

$ is an Issue

$ is Not an Issue

NoTime

Guerrilla/Lean

Lots of Time

In-Lab

Remote

20USER RESEARCH

BEST PRACTICES

I WANT A FASTER HORSE!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/4105700127

DON’T LEAD THE WITNESS

ACT LIKE A THERAPIST

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT

BUTTON DOES?

LISTEN

SMILE. WITH YOUR EYES.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sean-b/245744537

HOW MANY USERS TO TESTYou Only Need to Test 5 Users

TALK TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE

Are these potential users… or your Facebook friends?

FOLLOW A SCRIPT

http://www.indiana.edu/~audioweb/T284/krug_questions.html

Veer off-script, but stay on track.

RECORD EVERYTHING!

http://silverbackapp.com/

http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/

DEBRIEF AFTER EACH INTERVIEW OR TEST

ANALYZE: AFFINITY MAPPING

ACTIVITY: Dive in

GROUPS

10 MINUTES

2.Pair

3.Each person interviews the other. Switch (I’ll call time!)

4.Take many notes!

OBJECTIVES

ACTIVITY: Dive in

GROUPS

30 MINUTES

1.Spend 3 minutes transcribing

2.Group items

3.Duplicates go on top of each other (signifes importance!)

4. note findings (six total!)

5.Each person makes on small drawing of a finding

OBJECTIVES

COME BACK READYAt 8:30!

35Q&A

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