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Step-by-Step Guide to User Scenarios

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/17/202301/17/2023UX Research 6 min read

During the UX research process, one of our big aims is to understand user behaviour when visiting a website or using a mobile application. Over the course of building this

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What is Design? And What is not?

Designorate Team 02/16/202210/09/2022What is design 11 min read

What is design? We will explore design characteristics based on different scholars and practitioners to answer this question.

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How to Conduct Heuristic Evaluation?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/16/202210/09/2022Heuristic Evaluation, Usability Testing 13 min read

The usability testing is one of the essential stages of the user experience design process where the prototype is tested and evaluated to ensure that the final product is user-friendly

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How to Use Role-Play Method in UX Research

Designorate Team 12/08/202110/09/2022Design Thinking, role-play method, UX Research 9 min read

As human beings, our lives are formed as a net of intersected stories. Reading or watching stories help us to put ourselves on others shoes, feel their pains and pleasant

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How to use Card Sorting to Improve Service Design

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/19/202110/09/2022service design 10 min read

Service design follows the same design thinking processes that we highlighted in previous articles about design thinking. However, when it comes to the prototyping stage, there should be a coherent structure

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Four Reasons to Expand Mobile Technology Usage in Medical Innovation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/12/201910/09/2022Medical Innovation 7 min read

The healthcare systems around the world are faced with increased challenges including increasing costs, lack of working staff, and of course long waiting lists putting in mind that healthcare expenditure

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The Role of Storytelling in the Design Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 09/24/201810/09/2022Design Process, storytelling 6 min read

Storytelling is in the heart of our DNA as a human being, it helps us connect events is a holistic experience through time. This unique nature of stories makes it

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How to Apply Root Cause Analysis Using 5 Whys

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/02/201810/09/20225 whys, Root Cause Analysis 5 min read

The root cause analysis aims to dig deep into a particular problem to identify the primary cause behind it. One of the most significant challenges that face us when trying

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Guerrilla User Experience for Quick, Low-Budget Research

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/16/201810/09/2022Guerrilla User Experience 4 min read

Building a user-centered design requires a deep understanding of consumer experience, which can be only achieved through an in-depth research process prior to building the first product prototype. However, as

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Measuring the Impact of Design Thinking

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/10/201810/09/2022Design Thinking, design thinking ROI 6 min read

The term design thinking has been widely used to describe the application of design process’s characteristics and distinguish it from other development processes such as the focus of user needs.

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What is Market Segmentation? Why is it Important?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 07/10/201710/09/2022Market Segmentation 5 min read

The understanding of the target audience is crucial for building a viable product or service. Companies use the market segmentation in order to focus their production and marketing campaign on

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Five Reasons to Move to Lean UX

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 07/03/201710/09/2022Lean UX 6 min read

The lean UX allows us to escape the barrier of the traditional UX process to a more agile process. Instead of waiting for a full details UX specifications, the team

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Characteristics of Human-Centered Design

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/29/201710/09/2022Human Centered Design 9 min read

Design is s complex process that is implemented in different disciplines with many factors in mind; one of these factors is the target of the design process. Generally, there are

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Visual Guide to the Customer Journey Mapping

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/15/201710/09/2022Customer Journey Map, Customer Journey Mapping 7 min read

According to the Digital Trend 2015 Report, customer experience is considered the most important factors to stand from your competitor in the business. This can be achieved only through understanding

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The Minimum Viable Product and Why It is Important

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/09/201710/09/2022Minimum Viable Product 5 min read

It doesn’t matter how solid is your business plan and market research conducted before pushing the product or service to the savagely competing market, there are always unexpected surprises. The

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Tips to Learn Design Without Going to a Design School

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/09/201710/09/2022Learn Design 9 min read

Didn’t get the chance to attend a design school? You’re not alone as many barriers can stand between students to achieve their goal to learn design by getting a design

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5 Myths About The User Experience Design Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 12/12/201610/09/2022User Experience Design 6 min read

The user experience design aims to put users in the heart of the product development process by addressing their everyday needs and solving their problems. Achieving this target can help

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The Price of Not Doing a Proper UX Research

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 11/10/201610/09/2022UX Research 6 min read

When it comes to UX research, business owners and managers freak out to implement as they eager to invest the precious project time in production stages rather than thinking and

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Why Do We Need Human-Centered Design More than Before?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 11/07/201610/09/2022Human Centered Design 7 min read

The human-centered design aims to creatively solve problems by focusing on the consumer behavior and needs rather than their demographics. The approach is currently adopted by different industries as it

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Free Webinar: Introduction to Google Design Sprinting for UX

Designorate Team 09/28/201609/28/2016google design sprinting 1 min read

Google Design Sprint is one of the UX design processes that is based o the agile methodology. It aims to put the user in the center of the development process