A Comprehensive Guide to Accessible User Research: Part 1 – Project Planning

@BrianGrellmann’s first blog post of a series about taking an inclusive approach to accessibility in design research.

Things to consider:

Goals
- Continuous research with fewer participants or dedicated research with more participants (former is better)
Fatigue
- Longer sessions ~90mins
- Review the session design to avoid fatigue
Budget
- Potentially a harder recruit, allow for more recruitment time and incentive cost
Location
- Some labs may have specific accessibility software but need to be accessible
- Paricipant’s home/workplace offer more contextual insight to other access needs
- Location of test incurs more travel cost
- Remote tests must use accessible software and ability to capture audio (screenreader)