User research 101 (UXR): Practical assets to kickstart your UXR journey
After 4 years of systematically conducting user research for 3 different products, I made this 3-hour comprehensive guide to conducting user research (with templates and links to tools and resources) for you to kickstart your journey.
My name is Maria and I've planned and executed 600+ user interviews within the scope of multiple research efforts. I started my career in tech as a UX Researcher and I am currently a Product Designer. This guide is by no means a perfect source of truth, instead, it's an honest compilation of my learnings in the industry and a practical guide for anyone that has never done systematic research in the past.
A quick snap of some of my last research sessions, participants have been anonymized because of GDPR. Still, you can see different states of my face while moderating research calls.🙃
Contents
- Intro
- Context: What is UXR and why it's useful for you?
- Types of testing and which test should you choose according to your goals
- How to define and agree on the research scope
- Recruitment of stakeholders, practical advice, and examples
- Interviewing tips: How to moderate a session?
- Guideline tips: How to send unmoderated tests?
- Gathering and storing data (with a GDPR tip)
- Reporting and sharing actionable insights with your team
- [Resources] Compilation of templates, tools, and reading materials to make your life easier
- Building and managing a research team vs. flying solo
- Farewell
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You'll get context on UXR, reading materials about testing types, how to define the scope of a research effort, recruitment tips to gather participants effectively, interview best practices, insights on how to build your own insights database and how to handle GDPR while you store research data, my learnings on how to share and prestent research results to different stakeholders, and curated tools (templates, books, blogs, communities) to make your life easier.