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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 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.
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.
In Part 2 of our series on unblocking creativity, we’re discussing creative ways to inspire your UX teams when collaboration falters and new ideas are few and far between. And, as a bonus, our Outwitly Team has gotten together to share their top techniques for finding inspiration in their specific types of work.
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.
Prototyping and user testing are key components of UX (user experience) design and research! This post contains ten tips for conducting your best prototyping and user testing sessions yet.
At Outwitly, UX and design research is what we do best! This post covers our three qualitative research methods that you can use for your next project: in-depth interviews, observations and diary studies.
This post will teach you how to plan and conduct an effective virtual empathy mapping workshop! We also dive into accessibility and empathy mapping.
This post covers all things data analysis! We dive into the process of making sense of data, methods for analyzing data, and tips for analyzing data.
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.