Certified-Strategy-Designer Questions Bank

The best approach to increase the desire for research-driven decisions among stakeholders who misunderstand and undervalue research-driven UX design is to align UX research goals with stakeholders’ goals, as this helps demonstrate the value and relevance of research for achieving business outcomes. Creating high-fidelity prototypes or strictly aligning to stakeholders’ business requirements may not address the root cause of the lack of desire for research.

The approach that the designer should focus on is to restate business goals and show how design could be used to de-risk exploration of this opportunity. This approach can help the designer align the new product vision with the executive stakeholders’ expectations, needs, and priorities, and demonstrate how design methods and tools can help validate assumptions, identify risks, and test solutions in a saturated market. Making a presentation on design best practices or creating a clickable high fidelity prototype may not be enough to convince the executive stakeholders of the value proposition and feasibility of targeting a new market.

One way the company can embed ethical use principles into its day to day work is by using Consequence Scanning, which is an agile practice that fits within an iterative development cycle and allows organizations to consider the potential consequences of their product or service on people, communities, and the planet. Consequence Scanning helps identify and mitigate potential harms or risks, and align the product or service with the organization’s values and culture. Quantitative research or journey mapping may not be sufficient or effective for embedding ethical use principles.

The best tactic to understand the potential impacts of stakeholders on a project is stakeholder analysis, which is a systematic way of identifying and assessing the interests, expectations, and influences of various stakeholders. A stakeholder focus group or stakeholder KPIs may not capture the full spectrum of stakeholder perspectives and impacts.