sonal starr
User Experience Research & Design
Research plans
These projects focus on user experience research aspects.
Innovative methods
Leveraged known user research methodologies in innovative ways, to increase participation, decrease costs, obtain a unique perspective.
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Online research - designed online research sessions (in Mural & WebEx) to easily reach and interact with participants in other locations.
> Online client research -
Virtual research - conducted sessions in "SecondLife" (a 3D internet environment) to develop research methods relevant to virtual worlds.
> Virtual 3D research sessions -
Lead users - met with lead users to validate user goals concept work, to discover critical needs and their potential solutions.
> Lead user workshop
Beyond research
Collaborated on research projects resulting in unexpected yet useful information, shared with others to increase knowledge & improve methods.
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Global translation - conducted user research sessions on user goals model navigation concepts for early input into new design alternatives. Unexpected issues arose which leading to numerous process issues and new solutions.
> Teaming to translate [TLC 2007 Poster] -
Tool collaboration - when conducting a competitive analysis of our software against our competition, the work uncovered multiple opportunities for improvement regarding collaborative research.
> CogTool for collaborative research [CHI 2012 Best Paper]
Traditional
Leverage various user research methods to obtain specific data types.
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Focus groups
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Interview sessions