How would you practise user observation in their own environment, as i feel user interviews are insightful, but people think something, say something else and do something else.

How to conduct user observations ? - Indra Verman

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Why I feel Medium is great place to build your Design Portfolio and showcase your UX and Design Thinking skills

Aug’17 I enrolled in Interaction Design Foundation(IDF) and completed five of its courses in three months. To get practical hands-on I then completed Freelance Web Design course on Udemy, and have written more about it here.Soon I started participating in design contests on 99Designs and submitted two designs. But soon realized that it is better to build portfolio and start approaching for work instead of putting too much time and energy on crowd-sourcing design contests.I was looking for a better way to create a portfolio. I did not want to just put out my design on Dribbble and Behance. I wanted to put my thoughts and research which goes behind the actual design and explain the process. This approach was inspired by The Dribbblisation of Design, special and heartfelt thanks to Paul Adams. I still go through this article every now and then to make sure I do not fall into this trap.Luckily I came across Portfolio Principles by Martijn van den Broeck and following the lead I started working on mine, Portfolio - Vikrant Singh. Since I saw many people talking about design, I thought to introduce this new way of building the portfolio and putting oneself out.Let me know your thoughts on this!

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The good way of doing this is using contextual inquiry and shadowing tools.
In these methods, you observe/sketch the client interacting with in his/her space and while doing tasks in habitual way. Using these observation as evidence, asking questions will give better insights and helps you understand the 'how's'.
Also, you can ask the user to speak out loud while doing the task, gives info about the thinking (understand the why's).

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Indra Verman Intrested in UX and Design

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make sense, thanks for sharing your insights

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Yes, I do take their consent. I think 'spying' is not just about standing in the corner watching the person but you must merge into environment like pick up some work, start regular conversations etc.,. They will be alert in beginning but as time passes they will merge into their work. Also, your comfort with the environment decides their response.

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Hmm basically spying :) Do you take their consent always and does taking consent alter their decision making as they are aware of being watched ?

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Users get conscious (they have fear of being judged) while taking the interviews, so using shadowing tools such as fly on the wall, photo journals, guided tours etc., allows the designer to observe users in their comfortable position, not interrupting their flow of actions and more observing less questioning. Limitations : Time taking process, not much efficient in bulk interviews.

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Ineresting, but what shadowing tools work on their environment ? & what are the limitations/difficulties on this approach

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