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What the goals of your users are is best to find out using research methods like interviews. Goals are hard to guess. You may not even always be aware of why exactly ''you'' do something - and it is even harder to tell what drives other people. Especially if you are new to a field you should use research but even people who think they are experts are often wrong about the users goals. Don't try to guess harder. You want to know. | What the goals of your users are is best to find out using research methods like interviews. Goals are hard to guess. You may not even always be aware of why exactly ''you'' do something - and it is even harder to tell what drives other people. Especially if you are new to a field you should use research but even people who think they are experts are often wrong about the users goals. Don't try to guess harder. You want to know. | ||
=== | ===Ask and Observe === | ||
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A very useful tool for doing research | A very useful tool for doing research is combining observation with asking questions. | ||
They are best done early in the design process and will help you to find out for which user needs you design and what problems need to be solved. Interviews are not difficult to do, very versatile and you will get a lot of insight. | They are best done early in the design process and will help you to find out for which user needs you design and what problems need to be solved. Interviews are not difficult to do, very versatile and you will get a lot of insight. | ||
====Recruit users==== | ====Recruit users==== | ||
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You want to | You want to find out about potential users of your future product, so you need to see who could use it. Than you try to get these people to an interview. | ||
You can use a couple of ways to contact these potential users: Use your universities Mailing List, ask friends of friends. As you can do the interviews via skype as well, you can state that you search for interviewees on your twitter-page or blog. (Remember: you don't search for everybody, so state for which people you are looking for) State what you are going to do and what it is for. As a student you have probably no money you can offer as compensation. | You can use a couple of ways to contact these potential users: Use your universities Mailing List, ask friends of friends. As you can do the interviews via skype as well, you can state that you search for interviewees on your twitter-page or blog. (Remember: you don't search for everybody, so state for which people you are looking for) State what you are going to do and what it is for. As a student you have probably no money you can offer as compensation. | ||
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Using interviews we want to find out about | Using interviews we want to find out about | ||
* User goals and motivations | * User goals and motivations | ||
* | * Their Actions and the reasons for doing them | ||
* Which Problems exist currently in doing so | * Which Problems exist currently in doing so | ||
====Mind the context==== | ====Mind the context==== | ||