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Essential Tips for Lean User Research
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Who is this for?
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This Is For
• Entrepreneurs
• Founders
• Engineers
• Product Managers
• (Some) Designers
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Don't Just Sit There
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Tip #1:Know What You're Testing
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First An ExerciseWrite down the top thing you'd like to learn about your product or market you want to test.
Go on. I'll wait.
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Are You Asking......what or why?
...about your user or your product?
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Why Should You Care?The type of question you ask determines the type of research you should do.
What == QuantitativeWhy == Qualitative
User == Ethnography Product == Usability
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Tip #2:Know Who You're Testing
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Hey Look, An Exercise!Write down a quick
description of who you're
building your product for.
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Did You Write "Myself"?If you did, I hope you're independently wealthy or that you have a lot of clones.
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Pro Tip
You are not looking for "moms".
*also, not "pet owners", "doctors", or "salespeople".
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Be Specific"The person using my product owns more than one electronic device on which she has tried to view documents for work. She finds this difficult & frustrating."
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But How Do You Find Them?
Friends of Friends
Social Networks
Professional Recruiters
Blogs & Forums
Appropriate Physical Locations
Email Lists
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Why Should You Care?If you don't know who you should be testing, you don't know who you're building your product for.
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Tip #3:Know Which Corners To Cut
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Need Some Exercise?Quick, write down as many different types of user research you can think of that take under an hour of your time.
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Less Than 1 Hour• Remote Usability with UserTesting.com
• Landing Page Test with Unbounce
• Google AdWords Test (provided you have an account)
• Remote Observational Session with a Current Customer
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Less Than 15 Minutes
• Five Second Test
• Click Test
• Friends & Family Usability Test
• Guerrilla or Hallway Usability Test
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Why Should You Care?Not all research is this fast, but if you can answer a question in 15 minutes, you have no reason for not testing.
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Tip #4:Know What To Do With The Results
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Yet Another ExerciseI want you to write down what you typically do after a user research session.
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Ok, here's what you could be doing
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Gather ObservationsHave the moderator and observers write down 5 key observations or problems they observed.
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Sort Them By MetricRevenue Retention Activation
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Stack Rank ThemPut them in order of estimated importance. Hang on to these stickies, because you'll iterate after every session.
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Other Methods1. Debrief after every session
2. Capture the info in a persistent way
3. Determine the most important lessons
4. ACT ON THEM
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Why Should You Care?Having a familiar way of aggregating data after any individual test helps you understand the bigger picture being created by your research.
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Tip #5:Know The Unanswerable Questions
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Last Exercise!Write down a question you've asked in research that users couldn't answer.
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Was It One Of These?
• Would you buy this?
• How much would you pay?
• How would you design it differently?
• What new feature would you like most?
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Answerable Questions• How else have you tried to solve this problem?
• How have you found similar products in the past?
• Walk me through exactly what happened the last time you used this product.
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Why Should You Care?
Unanswerable questions make you think you know something. But you don’t!
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More Questions?You know where to find me...
[email protected]://www.usersknow.com
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