Michael A. MorganinUX CollectiveThe art of creating relevant UX research highlight reelsSomething I’ve heard way too often from other UXers is that making highlight reels is not really a good use of a UXers time. I believe “it…·7 min read·Oct 15, 2020--2--2
Michael A. MorganinUX CollectiveResuscitating your UX Research readoutThree and a half weeks of research quickly becomes a blur: discussion guide grooming, check-in meetings with stakeholders…·8 min read·Feb 15, 2020--2--2
Michael A. MorganinUX Planet‘Hurry up and wait’ of UX research, Part 2: Research SessionsAs fast as we are told to run when starting a UX research effort, we are also forced to stop in our tracks in order to wait for something…·6 min read·Oct 25, 2019----
Michael A. MorganinUX PlanetCapitalizing on the ‘hurry up and wait’ waltz of UX research, Part 1: RecruitingAt times, research may feel like 90% planning and 10% actual research. Planning is the lurking, underwater portion of the research iceberg…·6 min read·Sep 19, 2019--1--1
Michael A. MorganinUX CollectiveWhat origami can teach us about upping our UX research gameOver the past year, I have been tinkering with origami as something to do during breaks from the world of UX research and the digerati. It…·7 min read·Aug 1, 2019----
Michael A. MorganinUX PlanetStakeholder sabotageWhat to do when stakeholders sabotage your UX research effort.·5 min read·Jun 18, 2019----
Michael A. MorganinUX CollectiveUX Research: 5 things that could go wrong during a pilotDoing UX research takes work. A lot. The hurry-and-wait aspects of it make it seem more like preparation than perspiration. No matter how…7 min read·Jan 8, 2019--2--2
Michael A. MorganinUX Planet4 good reasons to decline a research effortWe’d all love to believe that we can confidently say ‘yes’ to undertaking any UX research effort. But sometimes it simply doesn’t make…6 min read·Jul 12, 2018--4--4
Michael A. MorganinUX Collective4 good reasons to interrupt a research participantIt was probably the fifth or sixth remote participant. I was running the session from my product stakeholder’s office. Bad idea: every time…5 min read·Jun 6, 2018--1--1
Michael A. MorganinJobs to be DoneParental struggles through a jobs to be done lens: why a child’s education was firedA good friend of mine, let’s call him Leo, recently told me that him and his wife Kate were withdrawing their child Sadie from her…8 min read·May 16, 2018----