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UXR @ Microsoft

·Apr 27

Product Discovery Methods for a Product Delivery World

Part 2 of 2: A walkthrough of a method for collecting product feedback without sacrificing product discovery. In my previous post, I discussed our goals for creating a method of concept value testing that collects product feedback while unlocking product discovery insights. In this post, we’ll go through each step…

User Research

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Product Discovery Methods for a Product Delivery World
Product Discovery Methods for a Product Delivery World
User Research

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Published in

UXR @ Microsoft

·Apr 27

Product Discovery Methods for a Product Delivery World

Part 1 of 2: Collecting product feedback without sacrificing product discovery. — This is part 1 of a 2-part blog series. This post discusses the foundation for a novel approach to concept testing, while part 2 walks readers through the methodology step-by-step. Lately I’ve been stuck in a paradox. With the explosion of interest in our partnership with Open A.I. and the…

User Research

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Product Discovery Methods for a Product Delivery World
Product Discovery Methods for a Product Delivery World
User Research

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UXR @ Microsoft

·Jun 15, 2022

Developer Productivity is Really About Empowerment

A model for empowering your developers to achieve more — Lately, I’ve been hearing from a lot of organizations about their desire to increase the productivity of their developer teams. Every company is now a software company and it’s clear that the industry is in short supply of talented developers and technologists who can help companies achieve their “digital transformation”. …

Product Development

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Developer Productivity is Really About Empowerment
Developer Productivity is Really About Empowerment
Product Development

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UXR @ Microsoft

·May 21, 2021

Moment Makers

How the best UX researchers engineer moments by design This post is from a presentation I gave at UXR Day 2021, an internal conference for UX researchers at Microsoft. When reflecting on our time cultivating Customer-Driven Engineering in the Developer Division at Microsoft, there has been an important lesson we’ve…

UX

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Moment Makers
Moment Makers
UX

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UXR @ Microsoft

·Jan 14, 2021

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Facilitation

A list of tips for facilitating any group activity — Collaboration is an imperative skill in any workforce. However, being able to facilitate groups toward successful collaboration, is a skill that can make you a superstar in any organization. Whether you’re organizing business strategy or an office potluck (remember those before the pandemic?), helping teammates communicate effectively and reach consensus…

Facilitation

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Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Facilitation
Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Facilitation
Facilitation

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Sep 22, 2020

Integrative Research

Using integrative thinking to improve the “heartbeat” of customer, product, and business development — In the Developer Division at Microsoft, we embrace a model of building products we call Customer-Driven Engineering. It’s a process that focuses on reducing the distance between product teams and their customers, by coaching them in the art of user research and design-thinking. …

UX

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Integrative Research
Integrative Research
UX

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Published in

UXR @ Microsoft

·Jul 31, 2020

Customer-Driven Engineering

Part 2 of 2: The Process — This post is part 2 of 2 in a blog series. If you haven’t already read part 1, you can find here. Customer-Driven Engineering (CDE) is a culture and product development process that has been cultivated within the Developer Division (DevDiv) at Microsoft; the division responsible for creating tools and…

User Research

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Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 2: The Process
Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 2: The Process
User Research

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UXR @ Microsoft

·Jul 28, 2020

Customer-Driven Engineering

Part 1 of 2: The Culture — I grew up with Microsoft. As a kid, I remember using MSDOS to help my brother launch a pre-Internet BBS from our childhood bedroom. After college, I used Microsoft Visual Studio and ASP.NET to build websites for my first real career job at a children’s hospital. …

User Research

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Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 1: The Culture
Customer-Driven Engineering — Part 1: The Culture
User Research

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UXR @ Microsoft

·Jun 18, 2020

Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 3: The Learning

This is part 3 of 3 in a series where I’ll share our learnings in transforming an in-person workshop into one that was run completely online. In my first post I discussed our strategies and goals for transitioning our in-person workshop to a remote workshop. …

UX Research

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Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 3: The Learning
Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 3: The Learning
UX Research

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UXR @ Microsoft

·Jun 17, 2020

Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 2: The Technology

This is part 2 of 3 in a series where I’ll share our learnings in transforming an in-person workshop into one that was run completely online. In the previous post, we discussed our goals for running a remote workshop. One of our biggest goals was to create a fun, vibrant…

UX Research

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Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 2: The Technology
Running a Workshop Remotely — Part 2: The Technology
UX Research

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