1. Outside the Lab and
Inside Their Minds:
5 Case Studies of Strategic
UX Research
Amy Buckner Chowdhry
AnswerLab CEO & Co-Founder
February 7, 2013
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4. Today’s Presenter
Amy Buckner Chowdhry
CEO & Co-Founder, AnswerLab
• Drives AnswerLab to fulfill its vision and strategic plan, cultivates the talent
pool, and oversees financial operations
• First CEO from the user experience research industry to be named by
Ernst & Young as one of 10 “Entrepreneurial Winning Women.”
• Before co-founding AnswerLab, Amy served as Director of Professional
Services at Vividence (now Keynote).
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5. 3
5 Insights
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1
Getting in
Customers’
Minds
2
Why It
Matters
11. Refine
Prototypes
Right
Way?
2005
Understand
Pre-product
Right
Product?
2011
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Validate
Live Product
2000
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Opportunity
Gaps
Environment
Interaction Modes &
Use Cases
Understanding of
Audience
Holistic
Research
13. Build the
Right Thing
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Where is
the
customer?
Understand
Where are
the gaps between
product capabilities
and customer
activities?
What is she
trying to
accomplish?
What
external factors
influence her?
How does
the customer
feel about the
brand?
Is our
product solving
the right
problems?
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Active
Users
Went
Inactive
Never
Used
Live Site
Future Site
Active
Users
Went
Inactive
Never
Used
Outcome
Would
Adopt
Some
Would Adopt
Still Not
Interested
600
Customers
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