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The Biggest Mistakes in User Research, Part 2

By Jim Ross

User research is challenging, and it’s all too easy to make mistakes. In Part 1 of this two-part series of columns, I discussed some of the biggest user-research mistakes that teams make, including the following:

  • conducting general user research without any focus
  • dismissing client and stakeholder knowledge about users
  • relying too much or too little on what participants say
  • separating research from design
  • leaving others out of the research
  • bringing too many people along on field studies
  • being too inflexible
  • not providing enough time for user research
  • scheduling sessions that are too short

Now, in Part 2, I’ll describe eight additional mistakes and provide advice about how to avoid them. Read More

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