Manuals / Design Thinking / Ch 6

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6. Test & learn

Design Thinking · 36 pages source format

Watch users try the prototype. Tasks over tours. Note behaviors and quotes. Decide: persevere, pivot, or park.

What you'll learn

  • Task-based tests
  • Note-taking
  • Synthesis

Three tests

Same tasks each time. Don’t demo — observe.

Do this now

Run 3 tests. Capture: completed? struggled where? surprise?

Clear?

Synthesize

Patterns > outliers. Update POV if reality disagrees.

Do this now

Half-page learning: what we’ll build / change / drop.

Clear?

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