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UX Concepts: User Research

Stop guessing what users need. This course will teach you foundational user research methods to inform product design decisions.

Doru Catana - Pluralsight course - UX Concepts: User Research
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What you'll learn

Are your product decisions based on guesswork, leading to features that flop or interfaces that frustrate users? Stop the costly cycle of building based on assumptions!

In this course, UX Concepts: User Research, you’ll gain the essential skills to replace uncertainty with evidence, empowering you to plan and execute foundational user research that drives truly successful product design.

First, you'll master selecting the right research method for any situation, ensuring your efforts are focused and effective from the very start.

Next, you’ll learn how to meticulously plan impactful studies and confidently conduct revealing interviews and contextual inquiries to deeply understand your users' real needs, motivations, and behaviors.

Finally, you’ll transform raw data – both qualitative observations and quantitative numbers – into compelling insights and concrete, actionable recommendations that provide clear direction for your design and development teams.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll possess the crucial skills and knowledge of user research fundamentals needed to champion user needs, confidently steer product decisions with undeniable evidence, and ultimately contribute to building products that users genuinely value and love.

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Doru Catana - Pluralsight course - UX Concepts: User Research
Doru Catana

Doru founded and runs a marketing agency with global clients in a wide range of industries. His focus is on campaigns that convert and get new business through the door, not feel good campaigns. In terms of approach he believes in authentic and blunt advertising without the presence of small print.

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