Sanity-saving tips for every stage of your research workflow

This week from People Nerds: Draft a research roadmap, benchmark your research "pace," and deliver impactful insights on tight timelines.

Putting research on the map When you're juggling requests and in search of direction, consider a research roadmap. Plotting one can help you align expectations with your colleagues, effectively prioritize projects, and more clearly demonstrate impact.   CREATE YOURS How long should a study take? We're conducting a survey to better understand research timelines. We hope our findings will help teams benchmark their pace, set expectations with stakeholders, and advocate for the resources they need. If you feel like those insights would be useful to you (or the research community), we hope you'll share your thoughts. The survey takes just 2-3 minutes, and can be answered completely anonymously.  A more efficient, effective research practice Whether you're a solo-UXR or a small team spread thin, it can be hard to make the time to do your best work. From scheduling to share outs—here are some suggestions for a smoother, stress-free research process.    START TODAY Results from last week's community poll (n = 122) Once it's safe, what percentage of your research will be done in-field/in-person?    57% | 0-25% 23% | 25-50% 15% | 50-75% 5%   | 75-100% More we're discussing:  Rachael Dietkus, Founder of Social Workers Who Design, gave us some interdisciplinary advice for a more trauma-informed design practice.  Prototypes are powerful tools for embodying abstract concepts. Learn how to  conduct studies that unlock their full potential.  As you scale your research team, a proper onboarding experience is paramount. Here's our best advice for building a team that wants to stay. What we're hearing:  A List Apart published a fascinating excerpt from Tom Greenwood's book on sustainable web design. It asks us to consider a new design challenge: lowering our website's carbon footprint. UX Matters offers up a few foundational principles for a positive remote work environment: demonstrate trust, offer flexibility, and create safe spaces. dscout is a company composed of People Nerds working to make context-rich human insight an everyday habit across organizations. The dscout platform—Diary, Live, Recruit, and Express—enables remote qualitative research that brings researchers into the moments experienced and shared by real people. Curious about the platform or working with dscout? Talk to an account executive.  dscout, 222 North LaSalle St. Suite 650, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (312) 880-9715 Unsubscribe Manage preferences