From User Research to something completely different

Trinkt erst ‘nen Schluck Kaffee bevor ihr losklickt, liebe Zielgruppe. Ich find, dass die Präsentation gut zu einem Montagmorgen passt.

I departed from the norm and rather than talk about the five methods I listed in my presentation outline, I went for something a bit more cheeky and light-hearted; the dangers of field research!

by Patrick Kennedy

Design Thinking for Geeks

Der Titel passt nicht wirklich gut zu der Präsentation. Denn die Folien geben einen ganz guten Überblick über Design Thinking – nicht nur für Geeks.

Lesenswertes vom 25.08.2010

Giving research a design twist | Design Studies at Dundee
"Next time you hear the word “research”, or if you are assigned with a task to do some research in Design Studies or for a studio project, think about the colourful fun stuff you can do."
Agile and UX Coaching | Anders Ramsay.com
"Just like the Agile Coach is not part of a team but helps the team undergo the transformation from a traditional to an Agile approach, so too does a UX Coach help Agile teams undergo a similar transformation, from UX being a vaguely mysterious notion to something that is just another normal part of an Agile project lifecycle."
We are all designers | Perception Is The Experience
"There are many changes to the way 'we've always designed' when adopting an Agile philosophy. This post will focus on one realization I've made recently – there are no job titles, we are all designers. "

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Lesenswertes vom 27.07.2010 | User Research Edition

User Research for Personas and Other Audience Models | UXmatters
"[T]his article is about the ingredients we can draw on when creating audience models and some alternative ways of communicating the results of an audience analysis."
Three Important Benefits of Personas | UIE Brain Sparks
"As part of our research to understand what techniques truly help teams produce better designs, we’re still constantly surprised by the number of teams successfully using personas. With personas, teams report that they are producing more usable designs that better match the needs of their audience, increasing the satisfaction of their users."
Tips for Effective Storyboarding | ANidea
"In this article you will learn how to create storyboards and present them. At the bottom of the post you’ll find free storyboard templates available for download."
Interviewing Users | Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
"[I]nterviews are in fact an appropriate user research method — if you use them only in the few cases for which they generate valid data."

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Lesenswertes vom 12.07.2010 – User Testing

Ten free usability testing tools | Econsultancy
"I've listed ten of the best free usability testing tools, which are either completely free of charge, or allow users to try before they buy."
Debunking the Myths of Remote Usability Studies | UXmatters
"In this article, we’ll draw on our collective, first-hand experiences doing remote usability studies for numerous real-world projects to describe and debunk these myths."
Whitney Hess | My Best Advice for Conducting User Interviews
"Perhaps the maxims that work so well for me will make you a more effective interviewer, too."
Five Ways to Make Any Usability Test More Credible
"The tips both temper skepticism about small samples and help you avoid overstating your findings."

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