User Research Kick-off Canvas

The User research kick-off canvas will:

• Create a shared objective within your team

• Ensure you solve the right problem

• Help you understand how to better communicate with various stakeholders

• Reduce duplication of work

• Build trust and transparency into your process

When should I use it?

You should use this canvas when there is a gap that needs bridging. Use this canvas ff you ever find yourself living in a vacuum, researching the wrong problems or questioning your purpose.

Use this canvas when:

• You don't know what problem you are solving

• You need to prioritize your efforts

• Your team needs aligning

• You want to discover what makes your stakeholder's tick (or tock)

How does it work?

The fundamentals of the User Research Kick-off canvas are rooted in transparent information sharing to achieve a common goal.

This is done through:

• Sharing objectives: What, as an individual do I want?

• Information gathering: What do we already know?

• Stakeholder mapping: Who are our stakeholders, how should I communicate with them?

• Problem and assumption sharing: What problem are we solving and what innate assumptions do we and the business hold on this?

• Developing a research framework: What approach will we take to answer these problems?

This template was created by Michael Bierens de Haan.