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Connecting With Users: Applying Principles Of Communication To UX Research - Smashing Magazine

UX practitioners benefit from understanding communication theory for better research practices.

Communication principles enhance user experiences and product success. [ more ]

Medium

Top 7 UX Research Books

UX research is essential for successful design and development.

The importance of asking relevant questions and using statistics in user research. [ more ]

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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

Systems Thinking is a holistic approach that views systems as a whole rather than focusing on individual parts.

Systems Thinking in UX research allows for a broader and more integrated view of the user ecosystem. [ more ]

Stephanie Walter - Senior UX Designer, Mobile Expert, Conference Speaker, Blog writer and Teacher.

3 years ago

My Selection of the Best Books on UX Research, UX Design, Mobile, Accessibility & more by Stephanie Walter

Debbie Levitt's book 'Customers Know You Suck' is a manual for improving customer centricity and selling UX research.

Erika Hall's 'Just Enough Research' is an introduction to user research methods.

Leah Buley's 'The User Experience Team of One' is a survival guide for researchers and designers. [ more ]

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Imagining Future Generative AI Tools for UX

Future Gen AI tools should incorporate UX research and design, prioritize diverse data output, and cover various screen types and industries. [ more ]

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UX Research: A Practical Guide to Insights, Budgeting, and Stakeholder Engagement

User research is crucial for understanding user behaviors, needs, and preferences.

UX research is integral in creating user-centric products and informing the design phase. [ more ]

Uxmatters

4 months ago

Enterprise UX Design: Collaborating and Taking Charge of Uncertainties

Navigating the unknown is a challenge in UX design, especially in enterprises with limited data and customer access.

Keeping the user at the center of the process and conducting thorough research can help overcome uncertainties and find optimal solutions. [ more ]

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Smashing Magazine

1 week ago

How To Run UX Research Without Access To Users - Smashing Magazine

Utilize colleagues closest to customers for indirect user insights when direct access is limited. [ more ]

Smashing Magazine

4 days ago

Why Designers Aren't Understood - Smashing Magazine

Businesses struggle to understand UX due to misaligned languages, requiring designers to present work in terms of business goals for better stakeholder engagement. [ more ]

4 days ago

How To Run UX Research Without Access To Users

UX research requires user involvement; connecting with colleagues closest to customers can provide indirect insights when direct access to users is not possible. [ more ]

Indeed Design

2 weeks ago

Why UX Maturity and Culture Matter to Your Research Career

Understanding the impact of company and country culture on UX maturity is crucial when considering a career in UX research. [ more ]

Smashing Magazine

3 weeks ago

Conducting Accessibility Research In An Inaccessible Ecosystem - Smashing Magazine

Ensuring technology is accessible relies on receiving direct feedback from disabled users by creating accessible prototypes for user testing. [ more ]

Medium

3 weeks ago

Is the democratization of UX research a threat or an opportunity?

The democratization of UX research involves involving more people in the research process to achieve quicker and more comprehensive results. [ more ]

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9 things I wish I knew before I started building a product as a solo product designer

Don't limit UX research to traditional methods; explore various sources like Quora, Reddit, and YouTube for valuable insights. [ more ]

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Data science

Rating scales, the more points the merrier?

Longer rating scales may confuse participants, impacting validity and experience.

Research indicates that 3-point scales are perceived as quicker by participants. [ more ]

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Top 10 Cognitive Biases in Product Design

Cognitive biases impact judgments and decision-making.

Being aware of biases helps in making more rational decisions. [ more ]

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UX, Stop Believing The Gaslighters

UX practitioners often face challenges in being disempowered, circumvented, overruled, excluded, and blocked.

UX research should inform and influence strategies, priorities, and decisions at all levels of the team and company. [ more ]

Medium

How human nature, AI, and interest rates ruined it for everybody

Market experienced significant decrease in UX and design jobs and earnings in 2022-2023.

Tech job market saturated, requiring a reevaluation of UX craft and approach. [ more ]

Medium

Navigating the DesignOps wilderness

Understand current state before introducing change

Cultivate relationships with stakeholders [ more ]

Bad research doesn't stink

Democratization in UX research empowers non-researcher team members to conduct research.

A key challenge of democratization is the risk of more bad research being done by individuals unfamiliar with proper research practices. [ more ]

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The power of patterns and playbooks in content design

Content components and patterns in design systems are crucial for consistency and focus on larger design issues.

Equipping content teams with tools like right questions, artifacts, and collaboration with UX research partners can help address contradictory demands. [ more ]

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The power of patterns and playbooks in content design

Content components and patterns build consistency and allow content designers to focus on larger design issues.

Organizational leaders can equip content designers with arguments, tools, and evidence to respond to contradictory demands. [ more ]

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Profiling product teams & predicting research needs

Knowing the work of an organization is essential for understanding its value and determining where research can provide value.

Understanding the evolutionary stage of a product team's work helps anticipate their needs and allows for proactive research. [ more ]

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The features investors want are not the ones your users need

UX research should prioritize the needs of users and not solely focus on the interests of the business.

Deprioritizing the needs of users can harm the success of a business. [ more ]

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A proposal for modern UX Researchers

UX Researchers need to find ways to showcase their impact and ROI.

Researchers should strive to immerse themselves in the product domain and broaden the scope of UX Research. [ more ]

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How to Maximize the Impact of UX Research in Tech Teams?

Understand team norms and identify any gaps

Define the UX researcher's role and responsibilities

Discuss research methodologies and their purpose

Introduce UX frameworks to enhance understanding

Create a centralized UX research repository

Establish a user feedback channel [ more ]

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UX Breakfast : Le journal de bord * UserTesting

User diary studies are a method used in UX research to gather insights from users over a longer period of time.

Stéphanie Walter will be sharing her experience and tips on how to successfully implement user diary studies. [ more ]

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Three Guaranteed Ways To Boost App Retention (Without Gamification)

Gamification needs intense UX research and should be driven by user goals.

Clients often want simple tricks for gamification, but they require more in-depth understanding of users and their psychology.

Increasing friction in onboarding can actually boost retention and engagement. [ more ]

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Pixels of the Week November 19, 2023

Tips for crafting effective UX research reports

Importance of taking time to understand new clients

Disabling buttons in UI may not be a good idea [ more ]

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Pixels of the Week November 19, 2023

Tips for crafting effective UX research reports

Importance of taking time to understand new clients

Disabling buttons in UI may not be a good idea [ more ]

Medium

We're practicing UX Research wrong

UX research is having a tougher time making a comeback after layoffs in the tech industry.

The writer believes that research is more suited for product processes rather than design processes. [ more ]

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