# UXCharan — Case study workbook

Use this workbook with any project brief. Your research and design response should be your own.

## 1. Project identity
- Brief ID and title:
- Your name, role and collaborators:
- Dates and available time:
- Self-initiated concept / learning project:
- Your reason for choosing this topic:

## 2. Define the question
- Intended users and context:
- Problem hypothesis:
- What evidence would challenge this assumption?
- Core task and boundaries:
- What is outside scope?

## 3. Plan research
- Questions you need answered:
- Recruitment approach and limitations:
- Consent and anonymisation plan:
- Existing approaches to compare:
- Observations / participant statements / assumptions (keep separate):
- Synthesis and revised problem statement:

## 4. Explore alternatives
- Current journey and friction:
- Two possible approaches:
- Trade-offs and chosen direction:
- Flow, key screens and state transitions:
- Accessibility and content considerations:
- Edge cases and recovery:

## 5. Test and iterate
- Realistic task scenarios:
- Success criteria set before testing:
- Participants and limitations:
- Task outcomes and observed difficulties:
- Prioritised findings:
- Revisions, reasons and retest observations:
- What remains untested:

## 6. Present your case study
Explain context, your role, scope, evidence, alternatives, decisions, tests, revisions and learning. Include a viewable prototype. Label concept work clearly. Report observed findings, not invented business results. Disclose material AI assistance.

## 7. Ask for a review
- Brief ID:
- Current stage / revision number:
- Viewable work link (test when signed out):
- Main feedback question:
- Changes since previous review:

Send to Saicharan through the website’s Case Studies email form. Review arrangements, availability and any fee are confirmed directly by email. WhatsApp remains an optional contact channel: https://wa.me/917093809350.

## 8. Feedback log
For each item, record:
- Feedback / observed issue:
- Impact on the user's task:
- Decision and rationale:
- Change made:
- Evidence after revision:
- Open question for the next review:

## Portfolio attribution
Suggested wording: “Self-initiated UX/UI concept based on UXCharan brief [ID]. Research, design and testing by [name].” Mention mentor feedback only if a review actually took place. You keep ownership of your work; submission does not grant public showcase permission.