Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

List of Figures and Tables

Case Studies

Videos

Online Presence

Prologue

Introduction

Chapter 1. If life gives you limes, make mojitos!

Introduction

Types of stakeholders

The perspectives of UX research stakeholders

Difficult people, teams, and organizations: Fight or flight?

Selling the value of research

The Lean Startup movement

Accept the fact that it might not work and that it’s okay

References

Takeaways

Chapter 2. Mmm … Interesting; so what exactly is it that you want to learn?

Introduction

Initiation of a study

The most important questions to ask your stakeholders

Delay any discussion about methodologies

Become the voice of reason

Listening and sowing seeds

Takeaways

Chapter 3. If you pick a methodology first, something must be wrong

Introduction

Research plans

Study goals

Research questions

The questions stakeholders ask and the ones they do not

How many questions?

Prioritizing questions

Selecting a methodology and describing it

The magic of injecting quantitative data into qualitative findings

References

Takeaways

Chapter 4. What’s gonna work? Teamwork!

Introduction

Why collaborate?

Plan together

Recruit participants together

Interact with users together

Analyze together

Color the experience

Report results together

References

Takeaways

Chapter 5. The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

Introduction

Reports

Presentations

Other communication tools and techniques

Soft communication skills

References

Takeaways

Chapter 6. You can’t manage what you don’t measure

Introduction

Signs that research is being used well

How to track the impact of research

References

Takeaways

Epilogue

Last piece of advice: if you want buy-in, do a great job

Index

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