{"id":1089,"date":"2023-08-02T08:04:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T08:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2023-08-10T11:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T11:03:04","slug":"july-away-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/july-away-day\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2023 Digital Team Away Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tuesday 25th July 2023 <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

These Away Days happen every quarter and are highly anticipated in our team as they are a chance for the whole team to get together (as we usually spend a lot of time talking virtually), reflect on what we did in the last quarter, and plan what we are going to do in the next. We reflect on the quarterly goals and our achievements, have a chance to refresh our knowledge on the Digital Strategy<\/a>, and review our ways of working as the team has grown by 19 members since the last away day in April!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importance of User Research <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We started the day with an interactive research session held by our three UX Researchers<\/a> – Amelia, Ben, and Callum. There were high-energy games – such as a rock, paper, scissors tournament – that displayed the importance of user research and how small changes can impact the end product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Followed by an introduction to Dovetail<\/a>, which is currently being set up as our first research repository. This will not only help us to tag, search, filter and manage our research insights but also allow us to export them to where they are needed and directly link them to our Strategy and roadmaps, as well as the day-to-day products that we currently support. It\u2019s an exciting step for us and marks a shift in the maturity of our user research, as well as improving the usefulness of everything we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three outcomes from this session were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Don\u2019t believe the hype\u200b\n