One of the challenges we face with remote research is making it accessible for our users. We recently ran a remote cross-government user research workshop, and Ariana shares our top 10 lessons learned from this.
In this post, I’ll share how we’ve been using and building prototypes in user research to inform the development of digital services.
The digital inclusion team at GDS recently published the digital inclusion scale.
Though I'm careful about it, setting the scene has always been something I've found really helpful when doing user research - I ask a participant to imagine they’re in a particular situation and have a particular need.
We have a well-loved mantra: research is a team sport. It’s not just about embedding a user researcher in the team to report back on what the user said, it’s about the team participating and collaborating with the researcher.
I’m working on Apply for Carer’s Allowance, 1 of 25 exemplar services we’re building as part of Digital Transformation.
We had just travelled up a long, deeply potholed dirt track, ominously called ‘unnamed road’ on the GPS and were now looking for ‘Three Chimney farmhouse’.
We originally published this blog post about 4 months ago on a makeshift Tumblr, which we used to journal the building of our lab.
Have you heard the story about the chicken and the pig? The chicken is having a meal in a restaurant with her friend, the pig. "We can cook better food than this," she says, "we should open our own restaurant." …
It's been another busy week of user research. Here are some of the highlights.
A combination of charm, wit and tenacity... just like Jeremy Paxman! Or maybe not. The best way to learn how to facilitate is to watch experienced facilitators work, pick up techniques from them, then practice. There are however several key tips and …