User Research & Synthesis

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User research study conducted with minimum 6 participants and synthesised to professional standard. Triad: concept/ideation artifact (research plan submitted before data collection begins: research questions, methodology rationale — why interviews vs surveys vs observation, participant recruitment criteria and screening questions, discussion guide or observation protocol), technical execution artifact (research data collected from real participants: signed consent forms, session notes or recordings, and completed data set — the participant evidence is the unfakeable layer), documentation/critique artifact (synthesis report with documented thematic analysis: how raw data was coded, what themes emerged, how themes were prioritised, and what the design implications are — minimum 1,500 words of analysis). AI-fakeability countermeasure: participant consent forms and session records cannot be fabricated without real people; the synthesis process — specific themes emerging from specific quotes from specific participants — traces back to real sessions in a way that AI-generated data cannot. Studio critique: UX researcher or HCI practitioner challenges the synthesis methodology and the validity of the design implications drawn. Proof: research plan, consent forms, session records, synthesis report, critique notes. Verifier: UX researcher, HCI researcher, or senior UX practitioner with research methodology experience — no peer-only verification.

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