Softment

Product Design

UX Research & User Testing

Stop guessing. We run structured interviews and usability tests, then translate the signal into a clear action plan. As a UX research consulting company, we deliver findings with evidence and prioritized recommendations.

First step1–2 week opportunity sprint
Entry engagement$3k–$5k USD

Benefits

What you get

User interviews + synthesis into themes and jobs-to-be-done

Remote usability testing on prototypes or live products

Work with a UX research consultant to plan tasks, scripts, and success criteria

Analytics + behavior review (funnels, drop-offs, replays) to validate patterns

Personas, segments, and journey maps when they clarify decisions

Prioritized recommendations with impact vs effort scoring

Features

What we deliver

User Interviews

Structured 1:1 interviews to uncover motivations, barriers, mental models, and language users actually use.

Usability Testing

Watch real users attempt key tasks. We identify breakdowns, confusion points, and moments that kill conversion.

Analytics & Behavior Review

We combine qualitative findings with funnels, drop-offs, heatmaps, and replay evidence to confirm patterns.

Journey Mapping

Map the end-to-end experience (discover → evaluate → onboard → retain) to spot friction and opportunities.

Persona + Segmentation

Clear personas (or segments) based on goals and behaviors—not just demographics—so teams design for reality.

Accessibility & UX Audit

Practical WCAG checks + usability heuristics to improve inclusivity, clarity, and task success rate.

Process

How we work

1
1-2 weeks

Discovery

Requirements gathering and planning

2
2-3 weeks

Design

UI/UX design and prototyping

3
6-12 weeks

Development

Iterative sprints with demos

4
1-2 weeks

Launch

Deployment and support

Tech Stack

Technologies we use

Core

UserTestingMazeHotjarMixpanel

Tools

Google AnalyticsFigmaMiroDovetail

Services

NotionZoom

Use Cases

Who this is for

Startup Validation

Validate your MVP direction, define the must-have flows, and avoid building features nobody needs.

Conversion & UX Improvement

Fix drop-offs in onboarding, checkout, pricing, or forms with evidence-backed UX changes.

Enterprise UX Audit

Audit complex products for usability, accessibility, and clarity—then deliver a prioritized fix plan.

Pre-Redesign Research

Research first so your redesign solves real problems (and doesn’t break what already works).

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

For qualitative usability tests, 5–8 users usually uncover the majority of critical issues. For surveys or statistically meaningful comparisons, we typically aim for 30+ participants (often more depending on the segment).

Interviews help you understand goals, motivations, and context. Usability testing shows where the UI fails in real tasks. We often use both for the clearest direction.

Yes. We can recruit from your user base, your target audience, or research platforms—and we screen participants so feedback matches your ICP.

A clean deliverable pack: key findings, evidence (quotes/clips), usability issues, prioritized recommendations, and a clear next-step plan your designers/devs can implement.

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Regional

Delivery considerations for your region

Data and risk discovery (Germany)

Privacy, security, residency, and regulatory requirements differ by workflow. We document the applicable data flows, roles, retention needs, and control owners before recommending an architecture.

The resulting proposal lists the controls and evidence that are actually in scope. It is not a generic compliance, certification, or legal-assurance promise.

  • Map data sources, destinations, roles, and sensitive fields
  • Record access, retention, logging, and deletion requirements
  • Identify required security or procurement evidence before contracting
  • Use an NDA or DPA only when the parties mutually execute it

Working model (Germany)

Exact live-overlap hours, response expectations, meeting windows, and escalation contacts are confirmed in the proposal for each engagement.

Written decisions, scoped milestones, and asynchronous updates reduce unnecessary meetings without implying an unagreed service level.

  • Proposal-specific overlap and meeting windows
  • Named owners for decisions and blockers
  • Written scope, assumptions, and change decisions
  • Milestone cadence agreed before kickoff

Commercial setup (Germany)

The contracting entity, proposal currency, invoicing cadence, payment terms, intellectual-property terms, and required vendor documents are agreed before work begins.

The Opportunity Sprint can establish the evidence needed to scope a production pilot; it does not pre-commit either party to a rollout.

  • Contracting entity and currency confirmed in writing
  • Milestones and acceptance criteria defined in the proposal
  • Vendor-document requirements identified before signature
  • Scope changes require an explicit written decision

Delivery controls (Germany)

Testing, observability, release, security, and handover controls are selected for the actual system risk rather than promised as a generic bundle.

Acceptance measures and production responsibilities are recorded before implementation so both teams know what evidence will support release.

  • Risk-based testing and acceptance measures
  • Release, rollback, and observability responsibilities
  • Security controls tied to the agreed threat model
  • Handover artifacts defined in the signed scope
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