The User Research Strategist

The User Research Strategist

Why do we make user research so difficult

We’ve lost our focus

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Nikki Anderson
Jul 25, 2018
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The Uphill Battle

The most basic and well-known definition of user research is “understanding user behaviors, needs and motivations through observation techniques, task analysis and other feedback methodologies. It is a process of understanding the impact of design on an audience.” (Usability.gov) In …

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