User research

User research in live

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The aim of user research in the live phase is to:

  • assess people바카라 사이트™s experience of using your service
  • understand evolving user needs
  • test new features, changes or improvements to your service

How to do user research in live

You need to think about your service from end to end and consider all the ways that users interact with it (including all tools, transactions, support and offline steps).

Who to research with

You must do research with a broad range of users, including:

  • those with limited digital access and confidence
  • people with a range of visual, hearing, motor and cognitive impairments
  • people who use assistive technologies, like screen readers or speech recognition software

You should also include people who provide the service or who support other users (for example, caseworkers, call centre agents and charity workers).

Learn more about finding user research participants.

Typical user research activities

In live, you can learn more about your users바카라 사이트™ needs by:

  • reviewing web analytics and back-office data to measure service performance
  • to identify problems users have with your service
  • doing surveys to collect broader feedback
  • using interviews, visits and usability testing to get a deeper understanding of any problems users tell you about
  • doing face-to-face and remote usability tests to find usability and accessibility issues with features you바카라 사이트™ve added or changed
  • doing A/B testing (comparing 2 versions of a web page to see which performs better) on new and changed features

From these activities you바카라 사이트™ll typically get:

  • a deeper understanding of how different kinds of users experience your service
  • insight into usability and accessibility issues and how to fix them
  • ideas for ways to improve your service in the future

You바카라 사이트™ll be doing enough research when you understand how different kinds of people experience your service, and how their needs may be changing.

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