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Tammie Lister
March 12, 2017
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Transcript
Know your users Tammie Lister
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“[when you research you]… open the way to more innovative
and appropriate design solutions than asking how they feel or merely tweaking your current design based on analytics.” Erika Hall from Just Enough Research
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“We remind everyone that to really waste time and money
all you need to do is build a service nobody wants and nobody can use.” John Waterworth
The Doing
Doing it
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Bad: Surveys are required for this product because everyone
does them.
Good: I created a new signup flow and want
to see if users are able to have an easier experience.
Part of culture
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Quantitative data tells us what people are doing. Qualitative data
tells us why people are doing it.
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Record everything
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www.nngroup.com/articles/why-you-only-need-to-test-with-5-users/
“In practice, this means it’s a bit like Fight Club:
the first rule of finding out what people want is: don’t ask people what they want.” David Travis. The 7 Deadly Sins of User Research
The Power of Stories
“Part evolutionary feature, part survival mechanism harking back to Paleolithic
times, part communication tool - story powers the human brain.” Donna Lichaw, “The User’s Journey.
Exposition Rising action Crisis Climax Falling action Closure
Exposition Rising action Crisis Climax Falling action Closure Problem, CTA,
Incentive Funnel, Payment, Drop Signup Problem solved!
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“User researcher’s fallacy: “My job is to learn about users”.
Truth: “My job is to help my team learn about users” Caroline Jarrett (@cjforms)
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Thanks, any questions? Tammie Lister - @karmatosed speakerdeck.com/tammielis/know-your-users
Resource list gov.uk/service-manual/communities/user-research-community abookapart.com/products/just-enough-research userfocus.co.uk/articles/7-sins-of-user-research.html nngroup.com/articles/ux-stories usability.gov conversionxl.com/creating-customer-personas-using-data-driven-research rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storymapping