When your user base is huge and diverse, how do you make sure everyone is included in a user centric approach? Kev Murray of Valtech demonstrates how we do it.
6. Typical service
Costly, requirements upfront,
adhering to legal and policy
When launched,
unhappy and angry customers
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8. Agile and Lean UX
DESIGN
TEST
ITERATE
User needs
Typically a 2 week Sprint
DESIGN
TEST
ITERATE
User needs
Identify assumptions about your customers and
create hypotheses - learn quick, learn fast!
Live service
DON’T STOP!
DESIGN
TEST
ITERATE
User needs
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9. Guerrilla Research
G.O.O.B.
Pop-up testing
(Webcam)
Lab-based user
research
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10. Let’s do a little
experiment
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24. Actionable takeaway…
When screening your users, ask
about device preferences
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25. How to conduct user research
When conducting user research
have a skilled facilitator and
observer (anyone in the team)
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28. Gathering insights
Sharpie and post-its
Observations
!
Things you observed
during the user
research
Themes
!
- People who were…
- Some people…
- Assumptions…
Actions
!
- Investigate
- Design challenge
- Iterate on…
- Implement…
- Hypotheses…
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50. Misguided information
“Only 6th
floor and
above”
“Only find it
outside”
“in the
Jewish
houses”
“Houses
more than
100 years
old”
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58. Carer’s Allowance Claim Optimisation
256
Total questions
removed 330
optimised by 22%
-18 optimised by 27%
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post MVP -74
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(sprint zero)
Total pages
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(sprint zero)
(Post MVP) Carer’s Allowance Beta
After 4 sprints
59. Carer’s Allowance Claim Optimisation
195
Total questions
removed 330
optimised by 41%
-28 optimised by 42%
Total questions
post MVP -135
Total questions
(sprint zero)
Total question
groups removed 39
Total question groups
Total question groups
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(sprint zero)
(Post MVP) Carer’s Allowance Beta
Beta go live