Master Thesis - Increasing UX Maturity with Design Sprints

In Visma, we use Google’s Design Sprint 2.0 to help product development teams improve the user experience in their products through quick experimentation and design validation, bringing them closer to their customers and end-users to ensure that they are solving the right problems and reaching their desired outcomes.

We are looking for a Master student to run a user research project with product development teams in Visma who have participated in Design Sprints, with the hopes of shedding light on the impact Design Sprints have on their way of working. We believe we have begun seeing a positive trend, but would like to invite you to bring the research to the next level.

What you’ll do

• Select a UX Maturity model, e.g. Nielsen Norman Groups’, to frame your research around

• Collaborate closely with the Design Studio team running the sprints

• Conduct research with product development teams on their way of working pre and post sprint

• Analyse research findings

• Write a research paper conveying your findings, drawing conclusions on how design sprints may impact UX maturity

• Present your work to stakeholders and Visma’s design community

Who you are

• You are studying a master within the field of user experience design, service design, interaction design or a closely related field

• You want to further develop your skills within user research

• You are familiar with and have some experience using user research methods

• You are confident to work independently and ask for support as needed

For this project you can be located in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland or the Netherlands. Apart from students studying masters, we are also open to bachelor and PhD students.

Prefer working from home? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences.