UX Research Prompts

Studies, interviews, and the synthesis that turns users into insights. 16 prompts in this category.

• Interview Protocol BuilderBefore a study, so the protocol does the work, not improvisation.
• Research Plan WriterBefore a study, to align stakeholders on what success means.
• Participant Screener BuilderBefore recruiting, to avoid a study with the wrong participants.
• Interview Synthesis GeneratorAfter interviews, before the insights dissolve into memory.
• Usability Test Task DesignerBefore a usability study, so you test the interface, not the instructions.
• Affinity Diagram BuilderFor turning raw notes into a wall of structured insight.
• Journey Map DrafterWhen you need to show the experience, not just describe it.
• Survey Instrument DesignerBefore fielding a survey you cannot afford to re-run.
• Research Repository OutlinerWhen research outputs die in slide decks and nobody reuses them.
• Stakeholder Debrief BuilderWhen the research is done but the findings need to drive action.
• Persona ValidatorFor personas that age and drift from reality.
• Diary Study PlannerFor behaviors that a one-shot interview cannot capture.
• Card Sort DesignerBefore restructuring navigation based on intuition.
• Research Question PrioritizerWhen the research backlog is longer than the research capacity.
• Usability Test Report WriterAfter a study, for a report stakeholders will act on.
• Quantitative UX Metric SelectorBefore tracking a number that does not tell you what to fix.

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