Desk Research for UX

Course Overview

Desk research is often underused in UX practice. This course teaches you how to gather competitive intelligence, analyze industry trends, and synthesize secondary research into actionable UX insights — without leaving your desk.

What You'll Learn

• Competitive UX analysis frameworks
• Finding and evaluating secondary research sources
• Industry and trend research for product strategy
• Synthesizing desk research into design briefs
• Creating research artifacts from secondary data

Who This Is For

UX designers, product managers, and strategists who want to ground their work in broader market and industry context.

Course Format

• 2 weeks, self-paced
• Video lessons + frameworks
• Final project: competitive UX analysis
• Certificate of completion