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Unit 3: Influences and designing for end-users
Quick questions on Primary and secondary research methods in product design: VCE Product Design and Technologies
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What is primary research?Show answer
Primary research puts you in direct contact with the end-user or the situation. Each method answers a different kind of question.
What is secondary research?Show answer
Secondary research draws on existing sources. It is faster and broader than primary research but is not tailored to your end-user.
What is matching method to question?Show answer
The skill is deciding which method answers which question. To learn how an end-user feels about an existing product, interview them. To find the most common complaint among many users, survey. To learn what they really do rather than report, observe.
What is turning research into a brief?Show answer
Research is not an end in itself; it feeds the Define stage. You synthesise the findings into the needs, constraints and considerations of the brief. Folio research that sits in a folder unconnected to any later decision wastes the effort. Show the line from each finding to a brief requirement or design decision.
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