How to collect data and enough research information before starting design

[aftab]

Hello everybody,
I am new in ux platform. So I am not understanding about design testing process. I am not understanding that How could I justify my design. In this lock-down situation I can't go any person to ask about my design.
So I will be very grateful if i get a full journey about "Design Testing" and How could I collect all data before starting my design?

Thanks in advance

[nurulamin]

@asifshahid can you help on this

[pagol]

Hello everybody,
I am new in ux platform. So I am not understanding about design testing process. I am not understanding that How could I justify my design. In this lock-down situation I can't go any person to ask about my design.
So I will be very grateful if i get a full journey about "Design Testing" and How could I collect all data before starting my design?

Thanks in advance

You can easily start with your friends. To present them online and take basic feedback. That will help you a lot... you can break the rules always. So just try with friends and family first
Also, you can read this blog

https://teston.io/en/blog/design-testing

I hope other member will reply soon too.

Thanks for your nice question

[Shad]

Hello everybody,
I am new in ux platform. So I am not understanding about design testing process. I am not understanding that How could I justify my design. In this lock-down situation I can't go any person to ask about my design.
So I will be very grateful if i get a full journey about "Design Testing" and How could I collect all data before starting my design?

Thanks in advance

Aftab vai, thanks for asking this question here. Let me clarify one thing first- "How to collect data and enough research information before starting design" and "design testing process" are not the same thing. 1st part is pre-design research and the second part is post-design research.

Now, according to your project scope, you can choose your methodologies. They can be Qualitative or Quantitative, or both.

For the pre-design phase, you may consider- Requirements & constraints analysis, Stakeholder interview, User interview, Competitor analysis
For the post-design phase, you may consider- Usability testing, Online assessments, Surveys, A/B testing

For lockdown situation, your research can be pivoted to remote methods — combining screen sharing via tools such as Google Hangouts or Zoom, with phone interviews.

As @pagol vai said

you can break the rules always. So just try with friends and family first

... So, just start rolling, no need to go to the deep at the beginning (let Adele roll there)!

Happy testing!

[asifshahid]

Great! Shad has already simplified the question by breaking it down. Also, I am 100% agree with Shad.

Let me share our framework in both scenarios -

Scenario 1 - When we don't have any design, we develop lots of sketches. Later we turn those into wireframes and prototypes to test ideas. If those ideas work, then we move to UI design. And then we test again. This approach suits us for more significant projects which usually starts from research.

Scenario 2 - If we have an existing design, then we gather all the possible concerns and problems first. If any interaction issue, we do a usability test (10-15 people). Then we design based to solve those findings. And then test again, if possible.

We have people bank with 5000+ customers who signed up in our research community. We use this platform for any research activity. So during this lockdown, we don't need to worry about finding people. And our research team is doing lots of remote testings with them.

However, in your scenario, you can start asking or showing designs to your colleagues or friends to get a quick sense of your design approach. For remote testing, you can use the tools that Shad mentioned (Google Hangouts or Zoom). We use Validately.

I would suggest you to look more into Usability Testing process- When to do that, how to do that etc. It is a process.

And above all, you need to convince your boss/company.

Let us know if you have any other questions.