How to Organize and Present a Case Study

Fellow UXers!

Join us for an interactive program that is designed to support and assist you in creating, revising, updating, and presenting a UX case study.

We understand that many of you struggle with creating and/or updating your UX case studies--and presenting them. Where do you find the time and support for this important task? This event will provide you with important information, answering your questions about how to create and present a UX case study that gets results--an interview and a job offer.

As this is intended to be an interactive session, we are inviting participants to submit one case study in advance for discussion and feedback. You can submit your case study in advance, with the words "UX Case Study Submission" in the subject line, as a flat file via email to **josephinegiaimo@gmail.com**. It's planned that three case studies will be discussed and evaluated during this program.

Please be prepared to present your submitted case study over a ten-minute period. Your presentation will be timed.

In addition, participants are asked to read the following article on design strategy for design portfolios before attending on the day of the event.

Here is the link to the article: https://odannyboy.medium.com/design-strategy-for-design-portfolios-195f77b5bb14

Ideally, you will have read and applied the recommendations in the article to your case study before you submit it for review, presentation, and discussion. Even though the article is geared primarily towards UX designers, UX researchers and other UXers will find most if not all of the information relevant.

To get the maximum value out of this evening's event, it is recommended that you submit a case study in advance of the event, as described above.

This event is free and open to the public. UXers of all stripes are welcome to attend and participate.

Space is limited. Constructive, supportive feedback will be provided in a group setting, so that each person can benefit from observing and/or participating.

Agenda

7:30 pm - 7:45 pm Welcome and Announcements
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm Case Study #1 Presentation
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm Case Study #1 Feedback
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm Case Study #2 Presentation
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm Case Study #2 Feedback
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Case Study #3 Presentation
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm Case Study #3 Feedback
8;45 pm - 9:00 pm Additional Discussion and Remarks
9:00 pm Closing

Note that the facilitator may be joined to give constructive feedback by several invited team leads and/or hiring managers who are currently affiliated with our chapter. We appreciate them and welcome their support and assistance.

About Our Facilitator

Josephine M. Giaimo is the Founder of User Experience Research, LLC. With degrees in psychology and engineering, she has been working in the UX field since the 1980s. Clients and employers have included ADP, AT&T, NJIT, IITRI, Google, Medidata, Vital Decisions, and others. Her UX research at NJIT was funded by IBM, The Annenberg Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the State of New Jersey. Her original research as part of her masters degree proposed a framework for evaluating the performance of neural networks and statistical approaches in predicting project profits.

She taught college-level courses in general psychology and the dynamics of group processes for several years at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey.

Josephine is also a certified career coach who has mentored and coached numerous UX and other professionals over the years.

In her spare time, she works in her garden, cooks, participates in "craftivism", and listens to Indian ragas.