10 must-read technology books like Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy by David Travis

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Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy

By: David Travis

4.58

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Think Like a UX Researcher will challenge your preconceptions about user experience (UX) research a…

"Companies say they value great design. But they assume that to do great design they need a rock star designer. But great design doesn’t live inside designers. It lives inside your users’ heads. You get inside your users heads by doing good UX research: research that provides actionable and testable insights into users’ needs."

-David Travis, Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy

"Companies say they value great design. But they assume that to do great design they need a rock star designer. But great design doesn’t live inside designers. It lives inside your users’ heads. You get inside your users heads by doing good UX research: research that provides actionable and testable insights into users’ needs."

-David Travis, Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy

"Companies say they value great design. But they assume that to do great design they need a rock star designer. But great design doesn’t live inside designers. It lives inside your users’ heads. You get inside your users heads by doing good UX research: research that provides actionable and testable insights into users’ needs."

-David Travis, Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy

If you liked the technology plot in Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy by David Travis , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Just Enough Research by Erika Hall, Jeffrey Zeldman

1. Just Enough Research

By: Erika Hall , Jeffrey Zeldman

4.18

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Design research is a hard slog that takes years to learn and time away from the real work of design… read more

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  • research
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • business
  • technology
"A large corporation is more like Australia: it’s impossible to see the whole landscape at once and there are so many things capable of maiming or killing you."

-Erika Hall, Just Enough Research

"Some websites are completely optimized for simple conversion, and it’s easy to tell. The design centers on one clear call to action, a vivid lozenge labeled with a verb."

-Erika Hall, Just Enough Research

Cover of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir   Eyal

2. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

By: Nir Eyal

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?Why do some products capture wide… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • technology
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3. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites

By: Peter Morville , Louis Rosenfeld

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information a… read more

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  • programming
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • technology
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4. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

By: Steve Krug

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
  • programming
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
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5. Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

By: David Kelley , Tom Kelley

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner an… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, None

6. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

By: Jake Knapp , John Zeratsky , None

4.03

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

From three design partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden

7. Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience

By: Jeff Gothelf , Josh Seiden

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

The Lean UX approach to interaction design is tailor-made for today's web-driven reality. In this i… read more

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  • programming
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • business
  • technology

8. Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights

By: Steve Portigal

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Interviewing is a foundational user research tool that people assume they already possess. Everyone… read more

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9. Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.22

Format: 649 pages, Hardcover

"Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a mess… read more

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10. UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products That People Want

By: Jaime Levy

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

How do you bridge the large knowledge gap between user experience design and business strategy? Thi… read more

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11. The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide

By: None

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

The User Experience Team of One prescribes a range of approaches that have big impact and take less… read more

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12. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business

By: Clayton M. Christensen

3.92

Format: 368 pages,

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13. Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Every designer has had to justify designs to non-designers, yet most lack the ability to explain th… read more

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14. Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems

By: Steve Krug

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's been known for years that usability testing can dramatically improve products. But with a typi… read more

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15. Thinking with Type

By: Ellen Lupton

3.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

The organization of letters on a blank sheet--or screen--is the most basic challenge facing anyone … read more

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Cover of Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value by Teresa  Torres

16. Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

By: Teresa Torres

4.47

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book c… read more

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  • research
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs by Jim Kalbach

17. The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs

By: Jim Kalbach

4.10

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

These days, consumers have real power: they can research companies, compare ratings, and find alter… read more

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  • research
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • business
  • technology
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18. Everyday Information Architecture

By: Lisa Maria Martin

4.19

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

The design of information on the web changes the way people find, understand, and use that informat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services by Jon Yablonski

19. Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

By: Jon Yablonski

4.35

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

An understanding of psychology—specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact wit… read more

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  • programming
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
  • business
  • technology
"minimise choices when response time is critical to decrease decision time"

-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

"As designers, we have a responsibility to remove inherent complexity from our interfaces, or else we ship that complexity to our users. This can result in confusion, frustration and a bad user experi…"

-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

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20. Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy

By: David Travis

4.58

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Think Like a UX Researcher will challenge your preconceptions about user experience (UX) research a… read more

Similar categories in David Travis's Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy book and David Travis's Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy

  • research
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • programming
  • computer science
  • reference
  • business
  • technology
"Companies say they value great design. But they assume that to do great design they need a rock star designer. But great design doesn’t live inside designers. It lives inside your users’ heads. You g…"

-David Travis, Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy

Cover of Surveys That Work: A Practical Guide for Designing and Running Better Surveys by Caroline Jarrett

21. Surveys That Work: A Practical Guide for Designing and Running Better Surveys

By: Caroline Jarrett

4.27

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Surveys That Work explains a seven–step process for designing, running, and reporting on a survey t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • research
  • design

13 must-read nonfiction books like Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy by David Travis

Transform Your Habits

Just Enough Research

Erika Hall , Jeffrey Zeldman

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites

Peter Morville , Louis Rosenfeld

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

Steve Krug

4.30

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12 Best nonfiction books like Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal

Transform Your Habits

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The One Minute Manager

Spencer Johnson , Kenneth H. Blanchard

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

4.00

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