Create a Guide/Template: User research for your project

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Overview

We need to create a guide to making user research for your project so that members of the project have a defined process of how to approach user research.

Action Items

• Gather examples of how other projects have done, adding each example as a link in the resources section

  • Once done, remove the "TG: Gather Examples" label and add the "TG: Draft Template" label

• Create a draft template, either in markdown format in this issue or a google doc in the old product management google drive new product management google drive>Product Management Guides

  • Once done, remove the "TG: Draft Template" label and add the "TG: Create Guide" label

• Create a guide on how to use the template

  • Once done, remove the "TG: Create Guide" label and add the "TG: Review Guide" label

• Review the guide with product management communities of practice

  • Once done, remove the "TG: Review Guide" label and add the "TG: Leadership Review" label

• Present to Hack for LA leadership team for sign off

  • Once approved, remove the "TG: Leadership Review" label and add the "TG: Place Guide" label

• Possibly create an issue template on .github

  • Include link to template under resources if you add it as a template in .github

Resources

Update issue #128 with the name of item you are working

Projects to check

• 100 Automations
• 311 Data
• Access the Data
• BallotNav
• Brigade Organizer's Playbook
• Civic Tech Index
• Civic Tech Jobs
• Civic Tech Structure
• Data Science Projects
• Design Systems
• Engage
• Expunge-Assist (formerly known as Record Clearance)
• Food Oasis
• GreenEarthOS
• Guides
• HomeUniteUs
• Internship project
• Lucky Parking
• Open Community Survey
• People Depot
• TDM Calculator
• VRMS
• Hack for LA's Website
• [Youth Justice Nav](https://github.com/hackforla/YouthJusticeNav/