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User (needs) research - a dark art

Posted by: Rebecca Handley, Posted on: 20 August 2014 - Categories: Insight, Services and products

Whilst ‘user needs’ is a term used in government more and more frequently, for some the concept remains shrouded in mystery; a way of concealing some kind of dark art perhaps.

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