How a prototyping tool helped us test a complex form
Ofsted recently used a prototyping tool in an innovative way to learn how to simplify a complex form. Salma Patel, a senior user researcher at Ofsted, explains how they did it.
Research stories
User research and performance analysts working together for better outcomes
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Nichole Browne - Senior User Researcher, DVSA and Argyrios Christakopoulos - Performance Analyst, DVSA, Posted on:
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Research stories
Qualitative and quantitative data are often seen as opposite sides of the research coin. In this blog we show how DVSA is leveraging the full value of quantitative and qualitative data for better user outcomes.
Researching in context
In this post, Amy Everett, a senior user researcher from the Home Office policing team, shares how she and her team carried out contextual research to help deliver better digital design systems for fixed penalty notices.
Iterating training through user research
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Angela Collins-Rees - Senior user researcher, GDS, Posted on:
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Research stories
Angela Collins-Rees, senior user researcher at the Government Digital Service, describes how her team has been using user research to improve its user research training.
How to carry out user research with colleagues
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Ria Jesrani - User researcher, GDS, Mansoor Mir - Senior user researcher, GDS and Anna Kuforiji - User researcher, GDS, Posted on:
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Analysis, Case studies, Empathy, Research stories, Team sport, Tips and techniques
We recently carried out research among our colleagues to understand how they felt about their day-to-day working experiences. Here's how we did it.
Learning about identity checking across government
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Meg Douglas Howie - Service designer, GDS and Nick Forrester - Senior user researcher, GDS, Posted on:
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Conferences and events, Research stories
Last month, 18 government organisations came together to talk about user needs around identity checking. Learn more about what was discussed, the shared challenges we discovered and how they're being tackled.
How user support ticket analysis shapes what we do on Government as a Platform
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Holly Challenger, Daniela Victorino and Amber Westerholm-Smyth, Posted on:
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Analysis, Case studies, Research stories
User support tickets can be a valuable source of information for researchers. Here's how we use them to shape what we do on our Government as a Platform products.
What we learned doing user research with people who have access needs
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Katie John - Government Digital Service and Leon Hubert, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Case studies, Digital inclusion, Popup research, Research stories
The challenges and discoveries user researchers Katie John and Leon Hubert experienced when recruiting people with disabilities for their latest work.
How we researched the definition of a service
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Steph Marsh - Head of User Research and Analysis, GDS, Posted on:
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Case studies, Research stories, Service manual
Our thinking about services has changed and evolved over the past couple of years, so we’ve been researching how people across government currently define what a service is.
How we’re using contextual research to improve GOV.UK Notify
Contextual research is about watching your users in the environment where they usually use your product. In this blog post, we talk about how we've used contextual observation to iterate and improve GOV.UK Notify.