Please join us for the following tech talk: *Tech Talk**:* Design Research in Product Development *Presenter:* Abbey Ripstra, Design & Usability Research Analyst on The UX team at the Wikimedia Foundation *Date:* October 22 *Time:* 1900 UTC < http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+Desig… Link to live YouTube stream <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMTzzosUIw> *IRC channel for questions:* #wikimedia-office Google+ page < https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/events/caiiagf75bvddr09… another place for questions Talk description: The value of design research in product development is being recognized more frequently these days. This talk will quickly describe the innovation process, and how, when and why design research fits into the different parts of the innovation process. For most of the talk, Abbey will focus in on the product development part of innovation and describe how, when and why to best utilize the various methodologies of design research toward building intuitive, easy to use products that meet the needs of users. Abbey will also talk about, and want to collaborate on, the best ways to integrate design research, specifically, into product development at Wikimedia Foundation. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Please join us for the following tech talk: *Tech Talk**:* Design Research in Product Development *Presenter:* Abbey Ripstra, Design & Usability Research Analyst on The UX team at the Wikimedia Foundation *Date:* October 22 *Time:* 1900 UTC <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+Design+Research+in+Product+Development&iso=20141022T19&p1=1440&ah=1> Link to live YouTube stream <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMTzzosUIw> *IRC channel for questions:* #wikimedia-office Google+ page <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/events/caiiagf75bvddr09nf4jbgccn30>, another place for questions Talk description: The value of design research in product development is being recognized more frequently these days. This talk will quickly describe the innovation process, and how, when and why design research fits into the different parts of the innovation process. For most of the talk, Abbey will focus in on the product development part of innovation and describe how, when and why to best utilize the various methodologies of design research toward building intuitive, easy to use products that meet the needs of users. Abbey will also talk about, and want to collaborate on, the best ways to integrate design research, specifically, into product development at Wikimedia Foundation.