UX Research: Being Flexible
31mIntermediate2022-02-14
Authors

Cory Lebson
Leading Educator and Author in UX
Course details
If you do UX research, you often find that projects don’t go quite the way you plan. Technology glitches, last-minute changes, unpredictable participants, and last minute tweaks to a script—there’s always something that you didn’t anticipate. In this course, instructor Cory Lebson explores what can go wrong and what you can do about it to make sure that your UX research efforts are ultimately successful.
Discover strategies for scheduling, planning, and responding to problems as you research within a fast-paced and often agile environment. Learn how to prepare for unanticipated challenges and accommodate them most effectively. Get tips for dealing with participants, technology issues, and other unforeseen events. Cory covers what you need to know to better manage your stakeholders’ expectations when surprises emerge.
Discover strategies for scheduling, planning, and responding to problems as you research within a fast-paced and often agile environment. Learn how to prepare for unanticipated challenges and accommodate them most effectively. Get tips for dealing with participants, technology issues, and other unforeseen events. Cory covers what you need to know to better manage your stakeholders’ expectations when surprises emerge.
Skills covered
UX DesignUser ExperiencePersonaWeb Development
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Why is it important to be flexible
1. Research Basics
- 02 - What can go wrong
- 03 - Flexible scheduling and planning
- 04 - Agile flexibility
- 05 - Prepare for last-minute changes
- 06 - Flexible travel plans
2. Running Sessions
- 07 - Properly set stakeholder expectations for surprises
- 08 - Baked-in flexibility in your research approach
- 09 - Flexible scripts and reports
- 10 - Surprises with recruiting criteria
- 11 - Surprises from participants who meet all the criteria
- 12 - Where can technology fail you
Conclusion
- 13 - Be the best researcher you can be
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