2. Today’s Topic
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What is Users Research?
Why should I include user research on projects?
When should user research be part of projects?
Who do we include in user research?
Which are the different techniques in research?
How do I get started doing user research?
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What is Users Research?
Why?
When?
Who?
Which?
How?
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User research focuses on understanding user behaviors, needs, and
motivations through observation techniques, task analysis, and other feedback
methodologies.
It is the process of understanding the impact of design on an audience.
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It helps us to identify and fill gaps in our knowledge through systematic
investigation about how and why people use technology
It helps us to build empathy for how people live their lives and hence design
better for their needs
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What?
Why should I include user research on projects?
When?
Who?
Where?
How?
8. Language preference
It was tough for majority of users to Understand
the App in Hindi
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Apps saare English me he use karne ke aadat
par gae hai
Number jo deye hai atleast wo English me
hone chaheye
Mai apna chashma nahi laaya or ye bahut
chota likha hai , padh nahi pa raha
9. Lead screen – Usability issue
• When asked to call the customer, user
continuously tapped on the big gray patch
instead of pressing the blue call button
Call button was not intuitive
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10. Update section – Usability issue
Instead of tapping on bullet option, users tried
to tap on the content
Difficulty in updating status
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“yes and no ka button hona chahiye , wo
aasaan rahega or problem nahi hogi”
11. Why?
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• To better understand your user
• To understand how your user interact with the design
• To define what functionality is most critical
• To get right inputs from right users
• To validate your assumptions
• To make user friendly system
• To save development time if it is done correctly
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What?
Why?
When should user research be part of projects?
Who?
Which?
How?
14. Different stages where you can conduct User Research
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When you need to build basic understanding what users want
When you need to generate inspiration and ideas for design
When you need to evaluate your designs
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What?
Why?
When should user research be part of projects?
Who do we include in user research?
Which?
How?
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Bad recruiting leads to Bad research
You should understand the product and identify who would be the suitable users
for the same
Create a profile of the users and search for them
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What?
Why?
When?
Who?
Which are the different techniques in research?
How?
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B. Online
Survey
C. Perception Analyzer
D. CATI &
CAPI
E. SMS Based
Survey
F. Eye
Tracker
G. Neuroscience H. Digital Tracking I.
Communities
Focus Group Discussion
Focus Group Discussion
We recruit people of similar background or experiences to discuss a specific topic of
interest
It is an organized discussion with the help of a moderator
It helps us to understand their views, perception, opinions, belief
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A. Pen & Pencil
Interview
B. Online
Survey
C. Perception Analyzer
D. CATI &
CAPI
E. SMS Based
Survey
F. Eye
Tracker
G. Neuroscience H. Digital Tracking I.
Communities
In-depth Interview
A respondent is recruited and he is interviewed on one to one basis
It is a method of in-depth probing of personal beliefs, opinions and
values
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B. Online
Survey
C. Perception Analyzer
D. CATI &
CAPI
E. SMS Based
Survey
F. Eye
Tracker
G. Neuroscience H. Digital Tracking I.
Communities
Ethnography
It is the systematic study of people and culture, design to explore cultural
phenomenon from the point of view of the subject of the study
The number of cases we study is very less, it may be 2 - 3 respondents
depending on the nature of the project
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A. Pen & Pencil
Interview
B. Online
Survey
C. Perception Analyzer
D. CATI &
CAPI
E. SMS Based
Survey
F. Eye
Tracker
G. Neuroscience H. Digital Tracking I.
Communities
Paper and Pencil survey
It is the technique to collect data
The answers are recorded with the help of paper and pencil
It is appropriate for large number of interviews
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A. Pen & Pencil
Interview
B. Online
Survey
C. Perception Analyzer
D. CATI &
CAPI
E. SMS Based
Survey
F. Eye
Tracker
G. Neuroscience H. Digital Tracking I.
Communities
CATI
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) is a telephonic survey technique
The interviewer follows a script provided by a software application
It is used for quantitative interviews, for large number of interviews
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A. Pen & Pencil
Interview
B. Online
Survey
C. Perception Analyzer
D. CATI &
CAPI
E. SMS Based
Survey
F. Eye
Tracker
G. Neuroscience H. Digital Tracking I.
Communities
CAPI
Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI), it is similar to CATI, except that interview
takes place in person
Interviewer is present to guide the respondent and complete the survey
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A. Pen & Pencil
Interview
B. Online
Survey
C. Perception Analyzer
D. CATI &
CAPI
E. SMS Based
Survey
F. Eye
Tracker
G. Neuroscience H. Digital Tracking I.
Communities
Mystery Shopping
It is a tool used to measure the quality of service
26. How it works
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It helps you to answer various questions like
Target user is recruited
Task has been assign to them
Participants are requested to think aloud as they use prototype to perform
the task
This might help us to get the insights into WHY certain interface elements are
confusing and what might work better.
27. Questions that usability testing answers
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It helps you to answer various questions like
How easy or difficult is it to use the product?
How efficiently do people use the product?
Do the users understand the product’s terminology?
Do the controls make sense?
Can people find the information they are seeking?
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What?
Why?
When?
Who?
Which?
How do I get started doing user research?
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Research is not an optional, it is an integral to
understand what to design
30. Well-Crafted research plan should have the
following
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It helps you to answer various questions like
Project Context – One should understand what is the problem that a client is facing
Objectives – Define the objective for the research which all gaps to be met through it
Target Group – It is very important to recruit the right TG
Location – Where the research takes place
Methodology – right methodology needs to be selected
Schedule – Time lines should be well planned in advance, when the activities will
happen
Outcomes – What deliverables are generated