Prioritizing Research for Impact

4.7

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3 Days

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Cohort-based Course

Learn a prioritization framework designed to increase confidence that your team is doing the most impactful research

Course overview

Be confident your team is doing the research that will have most impact

Researchers are being asked to do more with less, so it’s even more important that we’re focused on the most valuable research. So, how do we do that? By working through a prioritization framework designed to help you feel more confident that you’re doing the most impactful work, tied to business objectives.


This is a highly interactive, hands-on course. You'll work independently and with other participants to come away with a completed worksheet where you've prioritized 3 actual research projects.

Who is this course for

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You lead researchers, whether your background is in research or another field, you're a senior IC researcher, or a research ops specialist.

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You want to have more confidence in the outcomes of your research investment.

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Teams are doing what you think is the right research but the insights are falling flat

What you’ll get out of this course

Develop a repeatable framework to identify when research is actually needed, prioritize the right studies, and track impact

You'll prioritize several real-world projects using the framework, assessing each potential project to determine which studies need to be done and which don’t.

Create a worksheet you can use to gather, assess, and prioritize research projects

Using a worksheet, you'll prioritize your research projects according to key criteria like Clarity, Risk, and Cost. In addition to the takeaway completed worksheet, working through the framework with peers is attendees' favorite thing about this approach.

Increase confidence in how to involve stakeholders in your prioritization process

You'll determine how to include key stakeholders in the prioritization activity, and create scripts for how to communicate your final prioritization decisions with sensitivity to organizational process and stakeholder feelings.

Communicate post-research impact using tools you already have

Without literally writing down the impact of research, we can't articulate the true impact it has had throughout the org. You'll see how simple it can be to track post-research impact in a worksheet.

This course includes

3 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

8 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

June 4—June 6
Sep 10—Sep 12
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  • Bonus

    Modules

    • Optional: AMA with Carol

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What students are saying

Meet your instructor

Carol Rossi

Carol Rossi

With 20+ years of experience, I’ve led research teams focused on vision and strategy, brand retention and building, and user experience metrics. I led the research team at NerdWallet from a focus on tactical one-off studies to strategic impact. I established research best practices and teams at Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds. Through the 2000s, I ran a consultancy where I worked with companies like Hulu, Citibank, Belkin, GeoCities, Symantec, and Yahoo!


After 14 years leading teams in-house, I returned to consulting in 2022. I provide UX Research leadership for orgs that want their research function to have maximum impact, but have no internal research leadership that can provide the guidance to get them there.


I've seen teams who use this prioritization framework save weeks in unnecessary research time, see increased partnership with stakeholders, and experience more direct impact from their work.

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Join an upcoming cohort

Prioritizing Research for Impact

June 2024

$375 USD

Dates

June 4—6, 2024

Payment Deadline

June 3, 2024

September 2024

$375 USD

Dates

Sep 10—12, 2024

Payment Deadline

Sep 9, 2024
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Course schedule

4-5 hours
  • Two consecutive days

    8:30 to 10:30 am Pacific Time

    We'll meet for 2 sessions of 2 hours each. These will be live, highly interactive sessions, where you'll work through the prioritization model. In addition to learning from Carol, you'll develop skills through interactions with other attendees.

  • Offline projects

    30-60 minutes

    There is 30-60 minutes of pre-work before our first live session.

    • Gather details for 3 actual research projects you will prioritize during the workshop.
    • A 12 minute pre-course video introduces basic terms and concepts to help us hit the ground running when the course begins.
  • Bonus: Optional AMA

    9:00-9:30 am Pacific Time

    Carol will be available on Zoom and in the community for 30 minutes the day after our last session to answer any remaining questions.

Free resource

Prioritizing Research for Impact - overview

In this quick 3-minute read, I'll outline the key factors to prioritize research projects for greatest impact.

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Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

Frequently Asked Questions

“Are there any prerequisites or a particular level of experience required for this course?”
Do I really need this course? Can't I ask ChatGPT how to prioritize research?
What happens if I can’t make a live session?
How do I get reimbursed by my employer?
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Join an upcoming cohort

Prioritizing Research for Impact

June 2024

$375 USD

Dates

June 4—6, 2024

Payment Deadline

June 3, 2024

September 2024

$375 USD

Dates

Sep 10—12, 2024

Payment Deadline

Sep 9, 2024
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Bulk purchases

$375 USD

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