# Plan user interviews or usability tests

A research plan with goals, participants, discussion guide, and tasks.

- Topic: Product & UX Design
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Research, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/plan-user-interviews-or-usability-tests

## Prompt

```text
Role: Act as a UX researcher planning a study.

Context: Decision the research must inform: [DECISION]. Research questions: [RESEARCH_QUESTIONS]. Study type (interviews / usability test / both) and setting: [STUDY_TYPE]. Target participants and where to find them: [PARTICIPANTS]. Prototype / product state: [ARTEFACT]. Timeline and number of sessions: [LOGISTICS]. Known biases to avoid: [BIAS_RISKS].

Task: Produce: sharpened research questions; a screener to recruit the right participants (with disqualifiers); a discussion guide (warm-up, background, core questions with non-leading phrasing and probes, wrap-up); for a usability test, 3-5 realistic task scenarios with success criteria and what to observe; a consent/recording note; and the analysis approach (how sessions will be coded and synthesised).

Format: Sections: Research questions | Screener | Discussion guide | Task scenarios (if applicable) | Consent note | Analysis approach.

Verification: Flag any question or task that is leading, double-barrelled, or primes the participant; check the screener actually excludes the wrong people.

Validation: Dry-run the guide against a likely participant: does it fit the session length and elicit the decision-relevant information? Trim or resequence.
```

## What to fill in

- DECISION
- RESEARCH_QUESTIONS
- STUDY_TYPE
- PARTICIPANTS
- ARTEFACT
- LOGISTICS
- BIAS_RISKS

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