Overcoming UX Research Challenges (Career/Project) with Lakshmipriya Pai

Whether you're a young researcher exploring a new methodology, a designer unsure how to approach a usability study, or a product manager trying to unpack an unknown about your product, this session is designed for you.

Together, we’ll work through how to rightly frame research questions, choose appropriate methods, and navigate ambiguity with confidence. No matter your role, if you're facing a user research challenge and aren’t sure how to move forward, this session is designed to help you think it through strategically and practically along with some partnered support to make progress and deliver effectively.

In this session, expect to cover:

1. How to turn product or design uncertainties into clear research questions
2. Choosing the right research approach for your context
3. Making sense of constraints (time, resources, access, tools)
4. Collaboratively thinking through how to structure, ways to present and deliver the project
5. Building confidence to navigate messy or ambiguous research problems and learning to think in terms of limitations, trade-offs, and caveats
6. Ways to overcome ReOps challenges before you start.