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Episode 15: Service Design & Research Ops for Public Design with Cheryl Wong , UX/Service Designer & ResearchOps at GovTech Singapore

2022/4/28
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Cheryl Wong: 我在GovTech的日常工作内容多样化,涵盖研究运营和设计工作,包括战略用户研究、流程改进、用户体验路线图、服务旅程设计、工作坊、服务蓝图、用户需求梳理、原型设计以及对GoBusiness团队和更广泛的GDS UX部门提供支持。我的目标是通过用户体验分享和研究结果,驱动关键绩效指标和业务成果,打破部门壁垒,建立内部支持流程,并通过团队仪式和活动,建立心理安全感和信任感。GoBusiness是一个政府服务平台,旨在简化企业与政府的交易,提供六大功能,包括企业开办、政府协助、许可证、疫情相关法规、电子服务导航和电子顾问。我选择加入GoBusiness团队是因为认同其目标和团队成员,以及之前从事过相关项目,并被团队文化吸引。我早期职业生涯中,IDEO同事介绍了以人为本的设计理念,影响了我的设计方法。服务设计关注如何创建用户体验,而用户体验设计关注用户遇到的内容。“Glue work”指的是连接团队成员,建立心理安全感和信任感。服务设计项目“电子顾问”帮助活动组织者简化许可流程,早期的公共空间设计项目让我意识到服务设计的价值,用户现场反馈让我意识到设计可以改变人们的行为和互动方式。“电子顾问”项目旨在简化新加坡活动组织的许可流程,通过用户测试,观察用户行为,并根据用户反馈改进设计。服务设计与敏捷开发和用户体验设计的并行实施,通过MVP发布和事后回顾,推动服务设计落地。服务蓝图包含多个层次,例如前台、后台和支持流程。ResearchOps是关于优化研究流程的,包括能力建设、宣传、参与者招募、治理、知识收集和工具使用等方面。ResearchOps目标是优化研究流程,而非让非研究人员进行研究。通过内部和外部分享,提高用户研究的参与度。扩大用户研究规模需要团队合作,信任是关键。获得用户研究支持的方法:举办用户研究分享会,提前规划时间,让利益相关者参与其中。让利益相关者参与用户研究,从而获得他们的支持。团队由五名全能型UX设计师组成,采用Shuhari模型进行学习和发展。Shuhari模型描述了学习的三个阶段:修、破、离。团队成功的关键:明确学习目标,建立团队仪式,创建学习圈。团队通过学习圈等活动,促进学习和知识共享。学习圈活动结合了“Glue work”和理解人们需求的理念。团队学习活动也包括利益相关者。团队文化:通过学习和分享,共同成长。GDS的团队文化:轻松、自主、大胆、协作。与传统组织合作的技巧:建立关系,了解他们的需求和顾虑。与传统利益相关者合作,需要时间和耐心。应对顽固的利益相关者,需要时间和耐心,展现真诚和合作意愿。在GovTech工作中最自豪的两件事:团队零人员流失率和成功扩大用户研究规模。与传统组织合作时,需要降低风险,例如制定用户研究计划,展示成功案例。应对官僚障碍的方法:将其视为约束条件,并寻找创新解决方案。推荐学习ResearchOps的资源:Nelson Norman Group的ResearchOps课程。Bootcamp作品的常见问题:缺乏对UX在敏捷开发和产品管理中的理解,以及对设计权衡的考虑。专业作品的特点:关注设计如何解决问题,如何权衡业务和技术,以及设计成果的影响。提升Bootcamp作品的方法:选择实际问题,进行用户研究,展示迭代过程和解决问题的思路。招聘经理关注设计师的实际设计技能和解决问题的能力。对于实习或入门级职位,实际项目经验比学历更重要。给年轻设计师的建议:不要等待,现在就开始尝试和学习,拥有成长型思维。GovTech的ABC价值观:敏捷、大胆、协作。 Dalen: 作为访谈主持人,Dalen引导Cheryl Wong分享了其在GovTech的工作经验,并就服务设计、研究运营、利益相关者管理等方面进行了深入探讨。

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Cheryl discusses her varied daily responsibilities at GovTech, including strategic user research, UX roadmap development, and leading UX workshops.

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Cheryl Wong is currently a UX/Service Designer & ResearchOps at GovTech, Government Digital Services (GDS) Singapore. She has over 11 years of diverse design experiences working as a Team Lead at a veteran design studio that made it to Singapore’s design history books, startup, consultancy and digital experience agency spanning various sectors: Fintech, Banking, Hospitality, Social Impact etc. She is passionate about shaping organisational culture, using design to improve the lives of users & teams while meeting business goals.

Based in Singapore, she has worked on projects around the world: Australia, Bangladesh, East Africa (Serengeti), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Principality of Liechtenstein, Seychelles, South Africa (Johannesburg), Timor-Leste and UK.

She has organised, facilitated, presented at several tech public events such as Elephants in the room: Shitstorms in UX, CuriousCore’s Leaning Into Change - Experience and Service Design; STACK2020 Conference. She has supported the global UX community as Design Mentor at GDS & ADPList and served as Industry Guest Reviewer at Singapore Polytechnic Grad Show and General Assembly. She is a contributor for a Gluework article and was featured in TEDx’s Storytime revamping reading environments in India and will be organising an upcoming Learning Circles: Operationalising ResearchOps at Scale. In recognition for her design & impact on society, she has been featured on Google’s Women TechMakers’ International Women’s Day, alongside numerous accolades.

Here us talk about:

  • Service design at GovTech
  • Scaling user research for GoBusiness
  • Generic Stakeholder Management tips
  • Applying to be a UX Designer at GovTech
  • Bootcamp portfolios vs professional portfolios