Just Enough Research

Posted on 06 March 2018 by Erika Hall

Design research is a hard slog that takes years to learn and time away from the real work of design, right Wrong.Good research is about asking and better questions, and thinking critically about the answers It s something every member of your team can and should do, and which everyone can learn, quickly And done well, it will save you time by reducing unknowns and making sure you re building the right thing, in the best possible way.In Just Enough Research, co founder of Mule Design Erika Hall distills her experience into a brief cookbook of research methods Learn how to discover your competitive advantages, spot your own blind spots and biases, identify small changes with huge potential impact, and why you should never, ever hold a focus group You ll be on the path to good research in less time than you can plan your next pitch. Free Read [ Just Enough Research ] Author [ Erika Hall ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Actually, I never want to read this again But I totally think you shouldThorough, funny, and makes an incredibly good case for usability research It almost feels crazy to NOT do it.Go forth and test your products, people.In typical A Book Apart fashion, Just Enough Research is one you ll want to keep nearby so that you can go back to it frequently Erika manages to pack a ton of information into a small package 154 pages without making it a chore to read.This book should be on the...UX ,cookbook, ,, Organizational Research i Competitor research ,, , UX ,cookbook, ,, Organizational Research i Competitor research ,, ,Clearly written by someone with a lot of experience in doing user research.For some people, it might be too basic or not in depth enough.I would recommend this book to anyone who doesn t have any user experience, but wants to make a good start It s a fairly short book, so you can just read it before you start a project, make some notes and get started.All the advice given by Erika Hall is very pragmatic and applicable to most real world situations Coupled with somein depth specific inf Clearly wr...give it to students, your UX team, your Development team, your Product Management team Research is a practiced art that most folks can pick up the basics We all benefit when the entire team UX Development Product Management is involved in research.If you are looking to start understanding customer research or just looking for a quick refresh on research then pick up Just Enough Research With great insights from cover to cover you will get an overview of subjects such as user research, competitive research, and analysis and models This book was a great help to me when I was running my first research project and I definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in knowing a littleabout researchDesign research both inspires ima If you are looking to start understanding customer research or just looking for a quick refresh on research then pick up Just Enough Research With great insights from cover to cover you will get an overview of subjects such as user research, competitive research, and anal...While it s written as a primer on research for designers and I already have some experience with it, it still gave me some new knowledge as well as ammunition for advocating for research Very easy to read, concise book and I can only recommend to all designers out there.Sketch of a review Publisher A Book Apart specializes in accessible read reasonably short topics on emerging tech Overall, better read colleague Mike Monteiro s Design is a Job and even that with a pinch of salt Just Enough Research has a confusing title, because it s a book about the study of organizations, users, market, and own products, using mainky qualitative research methods So, just enough means by and large ignoring quantitative methods the book spends a few dismissive Sketch of a review Publisher A Book Apart specializes in accessible read reasonably short topics on emerging tech Overall, better read colleague Mike Monteiro s Design is a Job and even that with a pinch of salt Just Enough Research has a confusing title, because it s a book about the study of organizations, users, market, and own products, using mainky qualitative research methods So, just enough means by and large ignoring quantitative methods the book spends a few dismissive sentenc...This was my second time reading this book, as I had first read it a few years ago But it s a great overview of user research It breaks down in easy to understand and usable terms what different types of user research are, how to set up a research study, and why research is important Highly re...

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06 March 2018

Erika Hall