January 27, 2003

Non-Directed Interviews

I've been doing a fair amount of interviewing lately as a part of the information audit I'm conducting. As I result, I was pleased to read two articles on non-directed interviews by Adaptive Path's Mike Kuniavsky:

Nondirected Interviews: How to Get More Out of Your Research Questions

Face to Face With Your Users: Running a Nondirected Interview

Kuniavsky is writing about interviews used as a part of user experience design, and my own interviews tend to be even more general. But, nearly all of the principles he mentions are good ones.

[2/14/03: fixed back link]