Before getting into the specific process and problem statement, we need to identify the phase we are at, so we can apply this Research Process towards Generative Research or Design Testing:

1. Generative Research: helps you define the problem you’d like to design a solution for. Informs design.
2. Evaluative/Design Research: Evaluates an existing design (in prototype form or in final form). Informing your product.

The Process

References

• UX vs. UI: Design Stages, Participants, Roles, and Skills https://www.altexsoft.com/blog/uxdesign/ux-vs-ui-design-stages-participants-roles-and-skills/
• UX/UI who does what? https://www.fastcompany.com/3032719/ui-ux-who-does-what-a-designers-guide-to-the-tech-industry
• A step-by-step guide to user research https://theuxblog.com/blog/user-research-how-to-guide
• Creative ways to communicate your research findings: https://blog.prototypr.io/creative-ways-to-communicate-your-research-findings-332772c98b1d
• Personas aren't the problem your methodology is: https://uxdesign.cc/personas-arent-the-problem-your-methodology-is-5c020f88561b
• Why we need to stop over complicating UX: https://uxdesign.cc/why-we-need-to-stop-over-complicating-ux-df30dd80b36d
• Research Plan: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/pm-research-plan/
• Guidelines for paying UX research: https://medium.com/mixed-methods/guidelines-for-paying-ux-research-participants-f6eca2dc9cc3
• Observer Guidelines: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/observer-guidelines/
• Gratuity or honorarium https://medium.com/mixed-methods/guidelines-for-paying-ux-research-participants-f6eca2dc9cc3
• What to avoid, to ask the right questions? https://uxdesign.cc/five-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-writing-ux-research-questions-854b19d94f02
• Process: http://sportpsy.camel.ntupes.edu.tw/ezcatfiles/t012/img/img/171/theresearchprocesses.pdf
• Research Methods: https://theuxblog.com/blog/user-research-how-to-guide
• Sharing Results: https://blog.prototypr.io/creative-ways-to-communicate-your-research-findings-332772c98b1d
• Six ways to share your research findings: https://medium.com/@effectiveserv/six-ways-to-share-your-research-findings-238549409534
• User Research, is more the merrier? https://uxdesign.cc/user-research-is-more-the-merrier-9ee4cfe46c7a