Design Research Tokyo: Season 1 Episode 5

(English follows 日本語)

イベントについて

Season One Episode 5 では、3つの異なる視点からプロダクト開発におけるユーザリサーチの在り方について探求します．

• Dara Gruber ：グーグルジャパンのフルタイム・UXリサーチャー．プロダクトチームにユーザの視点を持ち込むための定性調査の進め方と、いかにしてステークホルダーやPM・エンジニアのチームを巻き込んでいけば良いかについて、自身の経験をもとに話します．

• 坂田 一倫：Pivotal Labs Tokyo のプロダクトマネージャー．リーンスタートアップと XP 開発を取り入れた Lean XP の思想に基づいたソフトウェア開発を推進しています．プロダクトマネージメントの視点から、開発サイクルにおけるフィードバックループや仮説検証の調査について話します．

• Yumi Koyama ：先端技術で酪農・畜産の生産性向上と効率化を推進する株式会社ファームノートのUXリサーチャー．デザイナーからリサーチャーに転身した彼女の成り行き、そして牛群を管理する農家のニーズを理解する新たな挑戦について話します．

このイベントの対象となる方

UXリサーチャーはもちろん、プロダクト開発に携わるプロダクトマネージャー、デザイナー、エンジニアの方々

スケジュール

• 18:30 開場、受付
• 19:00 ご挨拶
• 19:05 トーク開始
• 20:45 交流の時間
• 21:30 閉場

参加費

無料（飲み物と軽食：グーグルジャパン様提供）

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About this event

It's time for Season One Episode 5! We're excited to welcome three speakers, each bringing a different perspective on the topic of increasing the impact of user research on product development.

• Dara Gruber will share insights on how to bring the user perspective into a product team with the power of qualitative research, stakeholder management and bridge-building activities with PM and engineering colleagues. Dara holds a PhD in Human Factors and Ergonomics and has conducted UX research both at Google (Android Auto, Trusted Contacts) and outside of Google (smart home products, site/building management systems, in-vehicle warning systems). She has spent the past 7 years studying Human-automation interaction with applied foci on navigational decision making, trust, and assistant-based anthropomorphism. Dara is currently a User Experience Researcher at Google Japan focusing on Google Maps.

• Kazumichi "Mario" Sakata will bring a product management perspective to our topic of research, to talk about feedback loops and validating hypotheses in the product development cycle. Mario is a Product Manager at Pivotal Labs Tokyo, a lean and agile consultant with 10+ years of experience and proven record in user experience design and product management. He is passionate about working with various national clients and enabling team to serve their users and businesses with Lean XP practices.

• Yumi Koyama is a UX researcher at Farmnote, a Japanese B2B startup in the dairy and livestock sector. She will share her journey of how she became a UX researcher, and her new challenges in understanding the needs of dairy farmers to identify opportunities for data-driven herd management.

Dara's talk will be in English, and Sakata-san and Koyama-san will have English slides.

Schedule

• 18:30 Doors open
• 19:00 Event starts
• 20:45 Networking
• 21:30 Doors close

Tickets

This is a free event, with food and drinks generously provided by Google Japan.

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