What happens after you’ve done some user research for your service? Decisions made, do you move on and forget it? Or do you preserve that research for re-use and future team members? I was discussing this challenge with Stephanie Rosenbaum.Continue reading… How to avoid research debt: a workshop on ResearchOps at SDinGOV 2019
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Six things I learned in six months as a user researcher – Zoe McClatchey
Zoe McClatchey is a designer with NHS Digital. We have worked together during her current placement. I was impressed by her user research skills, so I was delighted when she agreed to let me republish her reflections on her userContinue reading… Six things I learned in six months as a user researcher – Zoe McClatchey
Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form
If you’re working on improving a form, especially a government one, what advice do you need? In April 2019, I discussed a topic map that might help to answer that question in a webinar for Digital.GOV. To find out moreContinue reading… Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form
Draft curriculum for ‘How to Design a Form’
Post originally published in 2019; updated in 2022 In March 2019, I was working mostly with the NHS digital standards and redesign team on their advice about patterns. This post: gave the background to the work, explained about the draftContinue reading… Draft curriculum for ‘How to Design a Form’
Endnote at the 2018 Service Design in Government Conference
I was delighted to be asked to do the Endnote at this year’s Service Design in Government Conference, held in Edinburgh 7-9 March. I’d attended the first three #SDinGov events and was disappointed to miss last year’s conference because ofContinue reading… Endnote at the 2018 Service Design in Government Conference
Leukaemia – March 2017 to February 2018
After treatment in 2017 for therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemia (t-AML) and endometrial (womb) cancer, I returned to part-time work at the beginning of February 2018. In March 2018, I did the Endnote at the Service Design in Government conference in Edinburgh.Continue reading… Leukaemia – March 2017 to February 2018
Doing research with people who are not users: consultation
This post is co-authored by Naintara (Tara) Land, formerly Head of User Research for the UK Government Digital Service (the people behind GOV.UK). User research is central to our work in User Experience: doing research to find out about ourContinue reading… Doing research with people who are not users: consultation
Seven questions about user-research panels
If you’ve ever struggled to find user-research participants, you may have wished you had a list of people who have expressed an interest in taking part in future user-research activities. A user-research panel is exactly that: a list or database of potentialContinue reading… Seven questions about user-research panels
Forms, surveys and the need to be brave: UX Insider interview
I’ve always really enjoyed reading the ‘UX Insider’ interviews conducted by Damian Rees of experienceux. The one with Tara Land about her work at GDS is a particular favourite. So I felt very honoured when Damian contacted me to allow me toContinue reading… Forms, surveys and the need to be brave: UX Insider interview
Surveys that work: an introduction to using survey methods, training course for EBI 2017
Better surveys mean better intelligence. This presentation forms part of the ‘Surveys That Work’ training course – an introduction to using survey methods – delivered at EMBL-EBI in February 2017. Since this training course my book, Surveys That Work, has been published.Continue reading… Surveys that work: an introduction to using survey methods, training course for EBI 2017