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Interview with Sarah Rink on Best Practices for Remote UX Research by Sngular

Faced with the coronavirus crisis, many UX teams now find themselves shifting from using an on-site methodology to working with users remotely. This pivot to remote work comes with its particular learning curve and can undoubtedly be a challenge for some. But fortunately, to help the entire UX community tackle this new reality, our UX Research Team at Sngular Spain has drawn on all of its experience and know-how to create the Remote UX Research Guide. We spoke with Sarah Rink, Sngular's Director of Research and the principal author of the guide, to learn more about this timely project. 

5 Do’s and Don’ts of Working From Home by Sngular

We know that working from home can be challenging. For many, remote work is a new reality that takes some time for adjustment. One of the first orders of business: setting up a work-from-home space that's as functional and comfortable as possible. Whatever area you have to work with, it's more important than ever to make it one you feel good spending time in.

Working with a demotivated team by Gabriela Arriaga

We are at work one-third of the time on the weekdays, and establishing friendly interpersonal relationships that include continuous negotiations is one of the most effective ways to counter problems at work. Learn how you can manage your demotivated team and turn it into a highly-effective team.

Leading individuals, not managing masses by Gabriela Arriaga

The main challenge for new management and leadership is not the project itself, but the people involved in it. That’s why it’s key to keep them motivated, focused, empowered, committed, confident and comfortable to meet each of the project’s goals.

Clean Merging by Germán Rodríguez

The merging process is a way to increase the git history by adding features from a forked version. The git merge command lets you integrate a new development with the previous version. This article will show you how to take advantage of git to create a useful and confident history of the team’s increments through a process that goes one step beyond what is commonly used in a merge.

5 rules to master product backlog management by Manuel Panizo

The product backlog is not only a powerful tool under agile and the Scrum framework, it is also the product owner’s best artifact to promote focus, transparency and collaboration. With this article, we wanted to help product owners go one step further by sharing strategies for product backlog management that can only be learned through experience.

Kotlin: A good idea by Luis Sedano

Since Google’s Android team announced at the Google I/O keynote 2017 its “first-class support for Kotlin,” or, even a little before that for the bravest developers, adopting Kotlin for Android development has been (and still is) a good idea. 

For humans: a monthly UX Research reading list by Sarah Rink

Yes, we know that you know what UX is, but imagine someone is talking to you about UX research… does most of it go through one ear and out the other? We understand, it even happens to us sometimes! But not to fear, we’ve created For Humans: a monthly U...

Five books to get you started on UX Research

One of the main obstacles we face when it comes to talking about (and selling!) UX Research to our clients is a lack of knowledge and the misperception that the discipline involves some sort of woo-woo. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. What is true is that the professionals involved...

Innovation in the year 2020 by Javier Martín

2020 is just around the corner, and it’s catching the many businesses that had hoped to become more innovative by the end of the decade off-guard. Many organizations have missed the opportunity to innovate, the opportunity to embark on fundamental technological transformations. There is still a lot of work to be done. Learn what needs to be done and how to do it to make the journey towards innovation a success.