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In part two of our series on Inclusive Design, we’re covering accessibility and inclusivity in remote user testing sessions. Learn how to facilitate user testing sessions with screen readers, magnification tools, alternative navigation, and post-session reflection.
In part one of our blog series on accessible user research practices, you’ll learn about key terms and disability language for user researchers, what UX teams should know before diving into accessibility research, and the role of assistive technology in research.
This post teaches you about six common methods used for testing with users in UX. We cover the three purposes behind UX testing, and dive into methods like Card Sorting, Tree Testing, Heuristic Evaluations, and more.
This post is a deep dive into the “Stop, Start, Continue” retrospective method. We discuss how this method can be used to iteratively improve your workflows during a multi-phase UX or design research project.
Most UXers share a common goal – to make a real impact on people’s lives! However, in the current state of UX, there are a series of roadblocks and challenges designers and researchers face Today’s post addresses The Expectation Gap and provides tips for reaching the full potential of UX.
Today’s post dives into the world of staff augmentation – a strategic hiring strategy that allows you to scale swiftly and align perfectly with immediate UX, service design, and design research project demands. Learn how staff augmentation can help your business be more agile and competitive!
Eight of us Outwitly team members were lucky enough to attend 2023’s CanUX conference, where we learned about all the latest trends and hot topics in the world of UX. We’re sharing 12 key takeaways from our favourite parts of the event, and what they mean to us. Plus, we’re including a free download link to our CEO’s CanUX presentation slides.
Great customer experience (CX) is only possible when a customer’s expectations are met or exceeded. In a world of rapidly advancing technology, those expectations can be high, and products and services can easily fall short. Thankfully, there are ways to bridge this gap. Read on to learn more about expectation gaps and get how-to steps for improving your CX through expectation management.
Any practitioner who works in UX, UI or service design has drawn a blank at some point in their career. Feeling creatively blocked is completely normal, but it can still cause a lot of stress, especially when deadlines are looming. Read along as we discuss the 4 most common cases where UXers and designers get stuck, how to get unstuck and how to get into a creative “flow” state.
Your design portfolio should do much more than list your accomplishments: it should show off your growing skillset as your career develops. Check out our tips for building amazing portfolios at every stage of your career in UX, service design or design research.
Leading fruitful discussions between grueling Agile sprints is no easy feat, but it’s an important skill for any UX or service design practitioner. In Part 2 of our series on sprint retrospectives, we walk through 6 tried and tested strategies for effective Agile facilitation, and we provide a bonus list of further resources for facilitator training.
At Outwitly, we know the value of reflection and solution-driven thinking when it comes to team projects. That’s why we’re dedicating two posts to sprint retrospectives! In Part 1, learn about our favourite retrospective methods and how these essential meetings differ from your standard post-mortem.