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March 1-4, 2027
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA
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Tool Design Roundtable: User Research

Robin-Yann Storm  (Tool Design Director, RYStorm Consulting)
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Track: Design, Production & Team Leadership
Audience Level: Intermediate
Format: Roundtable
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: Intermediate
Robin-Yann Storm

This Tool Design roundtable is about the UX of in-house and external toolsets. Come and meet, discuss, and find out what everyone has been doing with Tool Design in the last year.
Examples of topics are:
1. What user research methods do you use?
2. Do you have a dedicated user researcher on your team?
3. What surprises has your research uncovered in the last year?
This years' questions may be different, or similar! Feel free to join, and ask.

Takeaway

Attendees will share their experiences, challenges, and successes with tool design. They can expect to leave with a list of actionable methodologies, and real world experiences from other teams, that your team can adopt and learn from to improve in-house tool design.

Intended Audience

This roundtable is intended for producers, tool programmers, tool designers, and technical artists who wish to discuss and improve the efficiency of in-house tool design.