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The Comprehensive Cone Trees User Experience (UX) Process

Stage 3- Data analysis & synthesis

The user experience or UX process by Abhay Rautela of Cone Trees- User research and design

Deliverables

The following can be included within or be linked to as a part of the research report, which is the main deliverable out of the research and data analysis & synthesis phases.

  1. Best practices presentation
  2. Competitior analysis report
  3. Stakeholder workshop report
  4. User interview findings and insights
  5. Contextual inquiry findings and insights
  6. Content audit or content inventory findings and insights
  7. Task analysis report
  8. Rought cut/ high level Information Architecuture (IA)
Primary UX activitiesUX rolesCollaboratorsRelated deliverables
Affinity diagrammingUser researcher Images of affinity diagramming wall artefacts can be used as necessary in main sections or appendix of the report
BrainstormingUser researcher, Information architect, Interaction designer, Usability analyst, Content strategistData architect, Business analyst 
ReframingUser researcherBusiness analystDoes not need to be included in research report
Insight combinationUser researcherBusiness analystDoes not need to be included in research report
Card sortingUser researcher, Information architect High level site map can be included in the Research report
Reverse card sortingUser researcher, Information architect High level site map can be included in the Research report
Concept modellingUser researcher, Information architect, Interaction designer, Usability analyst, Content strategistData architect, Business analystConcept models can be included in the research report
Flow diagrammingUser researcherBusiness analystFlow diagrams models may be included in the research report
Mental model diagrammingUser researcherBusiness analystMental model diagrams models may be included in the research report
Ecosystem mapping or forced semantic zoomUser researcherBusiness analystShould be included in research report
Customer journey mapping or forced temporal zoomUser researcherBusiness analyst 
Research report preparationUser researcher Research report
Secondary UX activitiesUX rolesCollaboratorsDeliverables
Attending meetings: Internal project meetings, task level meetings, business lead update meetings, steering committee meetingsUser researcher  
Noting down UX lessons learnedUser researcher, Information architect, Interaction designer, Usability analyst, Content strategistProject team membersUX lessons learned document (draft, may or may not necessarily for sharing at this stage)
Collaborate on Business requirements document preparationUser researcher Business requirements document

Next page: Details on primary and secondary UX activities, UX roles, collaborators and deliverables for the ‘Definition’ UX phase.

Stage 1: Planning
Stage 2: Research
Stage 4: Definition
Stage 5: Design
Stage 6: Validation

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