Learning session 24: How I made a card sorting research session for my imaginary app (Practice)

🚁 Topic

I’m practicing card sorting to better understand how a user might categorize and label material for an application about dog breeds. This will help me comprehend what UX research is and how vital it is.

My imaginary app

The app’s name: PawFriends

The app description:

Reading not only helps develop vocabulary skills, but it also helps to give you the information you need. Numerous people don’t read or get enough pieces of information before owning a dog breed, which is a harmful decision for both the owners and your paw friends.

There are 350 various dog breeds, each with its own personality, care and demands, amount of activity, and so on. A dog requires complete dedication and responsibility. Without sufficient information on the dog’s health concerns or characteristics, it may be necessary to rehome the dog since it does not fit the owner’s lifestyle.

Here are some reasons why owners want to rehome their dog:

• The owner may not be able to handle the amount of grooming required for the breed
• The owner may not have realized how much time and attention the breed needs
• The owner may not have been prepared for the cost of food and care for the breed
• The dog may be prone to health problems that the owner was not aware of
• The dog may not get along with the owner’s other pets
• The dog may not be suitable for the owner’s lifestyle
• The owner may have allergies to the dog’s fur
• The owner may not have realized how much training the breed needs
• The owner may not have realized how much barking the breed does

Preparing the cards

Here is the outcome of my research:

Analyzing my Findings

After the user finished sorting the cards, I asked the user two questions:
Were there any cards that were difficult to categorize?
The user answered: No, except for the Menu card

Was there anything you would change?
I don’t know what exactly is the purpose of Terms & Conditions on an app like this.

As I was analyzing the users’ answers and observing how the user sorted the cards, I found out that a menu option is not needed for this app, and I also saw the user making some differences in navigation through the app different from what I thought and that make me realize how effective the user research is.

🤺 What challenged me

The main challenge I found while doing a card sorting exercise was keeping the categories clear and distinct in my mind. I constantly had to remind myself what each category represented and make sure that the items I was sorting fell into the correct category. This was especially difficult when the items were similar, or I wasn’t sure which category they belonged to.

Overall, this exercise was an excellent way to test my ability to think logically and categorize information, but it was also quite challenging and required a lot of focus.

Thank you for making it this far.❤️