Design UX Research

Purpose

Design and execute UX research with method selection, structured protocols, and systematic synthesis. Covers generative and evaluative methods, user interview protocols, moderated and unmoderated usability testing, data-driven persona creation, journey mapping, and findings synthesis frameworks. The goal is to reduce design risk by validating assumptions with real user data.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "UX research", "user research", "usability testing", "user interview", "persona", "user journey", "information architecture", "card sorting", "research plan", "research method", "user study", "affinity mapping", "thematic analysis", "moderated test", "unmoderated test", "NPS", "SUS", "CSAT".

Input Context

Before activating, verify:

• Product stage: discovery / alpha / beta / live
• Research question or hypothesis
• Available participants and timeline
• Budget and tools available (remote testing platforms, recording)
• Existing UX artifacts (analytics, support tickets, previous research)
• Stakeholder expectations and key decisions riding on this research
• Acceptable risk level (how wrong can we afford to be?)