I’ve been thinking for a while about creating a workshop that could unite UX knowledge (methodologies, tools) with real-life practice. I constantly see UI challenges and wondered: “Pauli, what would a UXR Challenge look like?”
I hope this is the answer 😀
What is it about?
In the day-to-day work as a UX Researcher, we constantly receive new research needs that can come with different levels of clarity, from different parts of the organization, and at the same time with different objectives and timelines to carry them out.
So the challenge scenario is:
We’ve just received a new research proposal/need, they send us a brief with basic information and request our support as UX Researchers or UX professionals (sometimes the only one in a company). It’s from this place of doubts and uncertainties that we’ll start.
We’ll explore:
How to start? What should I do? What questions should I ask myself? How to choose an appropriate methodology based on this project’s needs?
What will the workshop format be like?
It will be 2 hours (very ambitious) to successfully break down the brief and the steps that should follow this initial stage after receiving the brief.
We’ll meet online through Google Meet and work in Figjam. We’ll be a small group of max 8 people (and minimum 4), so everyone has the opportunity to actively participate and get the most out of this space. It’s not a lecture format (I won’t be using slides talking about a topic, maybe just a couple), what we’ll mostly do is think, plan, and evaluate, based on the contributions of each workshop participant.
Program
Block 1: 20 min – Welcome and introduction
Block 2: 15 min – Presentation of the UX challenge/brief
Block 3: 1 hour – Initial questions, Plan and Methodology
Block 4: 25 min – Closing and questions
Requirements?
You don’t need work experience as UX or UXR, but basic knowledge of user research methodologies and tools (UX) is required.
Lots of water because we’ll be mentally exhausted.
*It’s important that you know this is not an introductory course, we won’t review methodologies or UX tools, I’ll assume you already know them and from there we’ll decide which one we’ll choose according to the challenge. We also won’t work on UI design.
What will you take away?
I hope from this workshop you can take away:
- Greater clarity on what questions to ask yourself when receiving a UX brief from the context you’re in.
- Planning your research, and the risks of not doing it.
- Understanding how to choose a methodology according to your context. And how to justify it.
Available dates:
Saturday, August 19, 2023: 10:00 Chile time – SOLD OUT
Thursday, August 24, 2023: 19:00 Chile time – SOLD OUT
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