Descriptive statistics
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Why?
To get an overview and summary of a dataset
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Document analysis
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Why?
Find out if what you are planning to do has already been done (in full or in part) by someone else.
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Domain modelling
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Why?
Map the domain that your product will be part of, so you know the key concepts and the relations between them.
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Explore user requirements
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Why?
Get a detailed view of how users will be using your solution and what their requirements are.
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Focus group
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Why?
A focus group discussion is an efficient way to gain insight into how people think about an issue, without having to interview each person separately.
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Interview
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Why?
Learn from potential users of your new product and other stakeholders
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Observation
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Why?
Get a feeling for how your intended users will use your product by unobtrusively observing them in their natural environment, doing the things they always do.
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Problem analysis
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Why?
Before solving a problem, it is important to understand it. Moreover, problem analysis ensures that you are not solving the wrong problem.
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Stakeholder analysis
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Why?
Identify the stakeholders and ensure that their needs are considered.
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Survey
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Why?
Collect information (mostly quantitative) from a large sample of your target group.
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Task analysis
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Why?
Understand the structure, flow or other aspects of a certain task. Task analysis focuses on what end users actually do to achieve their goals.
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