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Welcome to Week 5!

An introduction to what we will be learning in Week 5.

This week, we will learn about research across the phases of the agile life cycle.

We will start with a discussion of research briefs/proposals and how different research can be used in combination.

Researchers have different tasks and responsibilities at different time, which will vary depending on the project. We will explore the key responsibilities of user researchers across the agile life cycle, breaking it down into the 5 phases:

discovery
alpha
beta
live
retirement

We will learn more about agile ceremonies and how user researchers contribute to these key aspects of the agile process and discuss the core skills necessary for user researchers in Government Digital and Data.

This week, there are fewer ‘tasks’ or conversation prompts, but feel free to discuss your thoughts and experiences in the comments section of each step.