Methods

With an extensive toolbox of techniques gathered and refined over the years, Transitions Research confidently brings to the table the experience and expertise on the specific methods that will yield the most desired results per project phase. Below is a very simplified illustration of it. Some methods are relevant to more than one phase.

Types of research per development phase

 

User research

    Clocks

  • Contextual observations
  • Video ethnography
  • Diaries
  • Camera journals
  • Personal inventory
  • Mind mapping
  • Cross-cultural comparisons
  • Collages
  • The 5 ‘why’s
  • Teamwork analysis and communication
  • Activity/ task analysis
  • Scenario-building

 

User evaluation

    Teamwork

  • In-lab observations
  • Activity analysis
  • The 5 ‘why’s
  • Teamwork analysis and communication
  • Environmental analysis

 

 

 

 

User validation

    MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

  • In-lab observations
  • Error analysis
  • Cognitive task analysis
  • Questionnaires
  • Interviews
  • Focus groups
  • Time-motion analysis
  • Eye-movement analysis