How to make advanced online user studies meaningful
Paper i proceeding, 2021

It is of vital importance to explore and understand future users' needs and requirements in the early phases of the product development process. However, in times of social distancing meeting users might not be possible. The project reported on in this paper has investigated the possibilities of conducting advanced user studies online. In total 30 small experimental studies have been conducted. Common digital tools that were used were e.g. Zoom, Teams, Mural, Miro, Snapchat, and Instagram.

The data was analyzed in a thematic content analysis by the authors on Mural. Identified challenges were excluding not tech-savvy user groups, missing out on interpersonal interaction and observations, as well as difficulties creating participant commitment and trust. On the positive side were perceived efficiency, a more levelled power distribution between participants, and ease of engagement and data retrieval for tech-savvy users.

Identified best practices included lowering social barriers through warm up activities and techniques to support open discussion during workshops. Furthermore, engagement could be supported through private social media groups, regular reminders, as well as clear communication of purpose and goal of the activities.

collaborative design

online collaboration

Requirements elicitation

user centred design

Författare

Pontus Wallgren

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Design and Human Factors

Maral Babapour Chafi

Institutet för stressmedicin

Siw Eriksson

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Design and Human Factors

Proceedings of the Design Society

2732527X (eISSN)

Vol. 1 1787-1796

23rd International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2021
Göteborg, Sweden,

FAD- Facilitera Användarstudier på Distans

Chalmers, 2020-07-01 -- 2020-12-31.

Ämneskategorier

Annan maskinteknik

Design

Övrig annan teknik

Människa-datorinteraktion (interaktionsdesign)

Drivkrafter

Innovation och entreprenörskap

DOI

10.1017/pds.2021.440

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