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This post looks at exactly how to conduct desk research in a UX or service design research project. We’re covering the desk research planning process as well as conducting analyses like literature review and trend analysis, comparative analysis in UX, and SWOT analysis.
Today’s post digs into how to use “desk research” in UX and service design. We answer questions like when should you use it and how does it fit into the design process. We cover internal vs. external desk research and break down examples of each, like document review, literature review, and jurisdictional scans.
Struggling to convince stakeholders of the value of human-centered design (HCD), service design, and design research? This post will teach you the importance of stakeholder management, how to overcome research resisters, and responding to common objections to doing research.
We know that a design research project is only as successful as the foundation it’s built upon! We like to have a phase at the beginning of any project called Project Initiation. This phase is crucial for setting your project up for success! To help set your next design research project up for success, we’re covering nine core project management principles, two key activities to conduct in the initiation phase, and our favourite tools and tech for project management.
We sat down to talk to our CEO and Founder of Outwitly, Sara Fortier, about the recent launch of Outwitly Academy. Outwitly Academy’s flagship course, Design Research Mastery, is now accepting its first cohort of registrants.
This post is a “roundup” of our past posts on the topic of design research. We dive into the methods, practices, and pitfalls associated with one of our all-time favourite topics. You’ll learn how to plan and prepare for discovery research, how to get the most out of your research, why you should stay away from focus groups, and a few research methods we love, like diary studies and in-depth interviews.
Are you struggling to get the most out of your user and customer research? We explore types of user research, best practices for testing, and the most common pitfalls associated with conducting UX research.
Identifying and solving complex business challenges can be difficult, and managers often don’t realize that their design team can help! We explore why Design Strategy is a great framework for aligning stakeholders, gaining buy-in, and tackling sticky business problems.
This week in our Research Methods blog series, we’re explaining the benefits of conducting Diary Studies for your human-centered design and design-thinking projects, to better understand your users’ experiences and motivations over a longer period of time.
This week on the blog, we explore Observations as a key qualitative research methodology in design. We discuss the tools, tips, and techniques that you need to conduct contextual observations and shadowing for your next human-centered design project.
In our new blog series, we’ll introduce our favourite qualitative research methods. This week, we help you navigate in-depth interviews for your users and customers. We’ll explore how to plan and execute a stellar interview, and we’ll outline our Top 7 Tips for In-Depth Interviewers.
Outwitly is launching a new blog series about human-centered design, research methods, and much more, for designers, user researchers, organizational change-makers and managers, and the creatively-minded across industries. Join us!