With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, the overall structure of the modern industry was changed based on big data. So, data was also recognized as an essential tool in the design field. Accordingly, research that utilizes data in the des...
With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, the overall structure of the modern industry was changed based on big data. So, data was also recognized as an essential tool in the design field. Accordingly, research that utilizes data in the design process has been actively conducted. Also, many Lean Startups have begun to require UX designers to utilize user data in the design process. Although UX designers of Lean Startup are also aware of the importance of data literacy capabilities, they are struggling with creating an environment for data-informed design. In other words, theoretical research on data-informed design has been conducted, but research on how to use it in practice is lacking. Therefore, this study focused on finding the pain points of UX designers lacking data literacy and exploring solutions to effectively start a data-informed design.
Firstly, a literature review was conducted to investigate the current state of user data utilization and data-based design processes in the field. In summary of the result, it was found that early-stage startups generally do not have data experts, and the data collection skills of UX designers become more critical in this environment. After the literature review, 1:1 in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 people to identify the reasons for the pain points that UX designers unfamiliar with data can encounter while working in this environment. Afterward, the interview contents were analyzed through thematic analysis, and six key finding points were derived from the 17 themes. In addition, a design workshop was conducted to explore practical ways to solve four pain points of these six key findings with 4 UX designers. Afterwards, a data collection planning tool was proposed as a prototype, with the results of two qualitative research. After that, the usefulness evaluation of this solution was conducted with 12 people. As a result, the tool was positively evaluated by receiving 4.5 points on average on the Likert 5-point scale.
In a situation where data-informed design is emerging as a critical approach, this study is meaningful for the following reasons. Firstly, the reasons UX designers in a Lean Startup without data experts struggle to collect user data were derived, and the data collection design tool that can solve these issues was proposed. If UX designers use it in practice, they can start data-informed design easily compared to before. In addition, it is expected to be able to build the data collection environment according to the organization's circumstances by utilizing the key findings derived in this study.