Please join us for the following tech talk:
*Tech Talk**:* Design Research in Product Development
*Presenter:* Abbey Ripstra, Design & Usability Research Analyst on The UX
team at the Wikimedia Foundation
*Date:* October 22
*Time:* 1900 UTC
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+Design+Research+in+Product+Development&iso=20141022T19&p1=1440&ah=1>
Link to live YouTube stream <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMTzzosUIw>
*IRC channel for questions:* #wikimedia-office
Google+ page
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place for questions
Talk description: The value of design research in product development is
being recognized more frequently these days. This talk will quickly
describe the innovation process, and how, when and why design research fits
into the different parts of the innovation process. For most of the talk,
Abbey will focus in on the product development part of innovation and
describe how, when and why to best utilize the various methodologies of
design research toward building intuitive, easy to use products that meet
the needs of users. Abbey will also talk about, and want to collaborate on,
the best ways to integrate design research, specifically, into product
development at Wikimedia Foundation.