Best Practices

Understanding cognitive biases is crucial in user research. This two-part series explores biases through the lenses of collecting data, its analysis, and project decision-making with stakeholders.

This article covers biases influencing project decisions, such as escalation of commitment, endowment effect, false consensus, their impact on stakeholders in project management, and effective strategies for mitigation.

Delivering a user research presentation comes with some challenges. This article outlines corresponding solutions, explains how to structure the presentation and shows examples of slides to share research findings.

This article takes you behind the scenes to share the seven most common mistakes in test user recruitment, and provides practical tips to ensure you avoid them.

Recruiting the right participants for research can be challenging. This article explores strategies for finding hard-to-find participants.

Discover the importance of desk research and learn how to leverage its power alongside primary research in your projects. Gain helpful best practices to add value to your user research efforts, expanding your capabilities and maximizing the impact of your findings.

Improve your usability testing skills with 13 expert tips in this comprehensive article. Discover valuable insights and techniques for conducting insightful tests to enhance your practice, whether you're a seasoned user researcher or a beginner.

Learn about the risks of skipping or rushing the analysis phase of UX research, and how to prioritize and make time for thorough research analysis to uncover deeper insights from the data you collect.

Discover how Affinity Mapping can transform isolated information from UX research into actionable insights. We explain the essence of Affinity Mapping and provide practical tips for implementing it in virtual settings.

Explore the often overlooked area of in-house UX research, focusing on designing products and software for internal employees' daily work, and gain valuable insights and perspectives on internal enterprise UX from Stéphanie Walter.

How do you ensure that research activities answer critical questions and drive key business decisions? Discover Laura Faulkner's actionable framework for addressing this challenge and understanding the goals behind research questions in a structured way.

Learn more about the importance of effective note-taking in user research and unlock valuable insights on how to maximize your results. Get essential tips for preparation, including selecting the right tool and practical writing techniques.

Analyzing user interviews is the most exciting, but also the most messy step when conducting user research. This article will show you how to get started and provides concrete tips on how to analyze user interviews to uncover valuable insights.

Learn about the essential elements of a user research plan that serves as the foundation for a new project. Gain insight into how researchers effectively use research plans in practice, and get expert tips and a ready-to-use template for creating your next user research plan.

Zoom is the most popular tool among user researchers to conduct moderated studies. In this hands-on article, we go into the details of setting up Zoom for your remote UX research and share some practical tips.

Participant panels can aid in recruiting participants for upcoming user research studies. Explore examples from renowned companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, and Google, who have successfully built their own internal panels.

How you source, manage, and follow up with your participant pool can make a material difference in the impact of your research study. Find seven considerations for making the recruitment process as painless as possible!