User Research Synthesis: From Raw Data to Actionable Insight

Create a complete research synthesis framework for the [COMPANY NAME] team, which conducted [RESEARCH TYPE] with [NUMBER] participants on [RESEARCH TOPIC].\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Available raw data:**\\\\\\\\n- Interviews: [NUMBER] with average duration of [TIME]\\\\\\\\n- Usability tests: [NUMBER] sessions\\\\\\\\n- Supporting quantitative data: [TYPE — e.g., analytics, NPS survey]\\\\\\\\n- Collection period: [DATES]\\\\\\\\n- Researcher(s): [NUMBER]\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Part 1 — Pre-Synthesis Preparation:**\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Transcription and organization:**\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\nFor each session, create a document with:\\\\\\\\n- Metadata: participant name, date, moderator, profile\\\\\\\\n- Full transcription (or summary if no recording)\\\\\\\\n- Raw highlights: direct quotes that stood out\\\\\\\\n- Moderator observations: behaviors, emotions, hesitations\\\\\\\\n- Screenshots of critical moments (usability tests)\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Prepare stickies (analog or digital — FigJam/Miro):**\\\\\\\\n- 1 observation per sticky\\\\\\\\n- Color by participant (for traceability)\\\\\\\\n- Quote directly (in quotes) when possible\\\\\\\\n- Separate facts from interpretations\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Part 2 — Four-Stage Synthesis:**\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Stage 1 — Individual Download (2 hours):**\\\\\\\\nEach researcher downloads their observations alone, without group influence.\\\\\\\\n- Write stickies for everything observed (don't filter yet)\\\\\\\\n- Highlight 3 most critical moments from each session\\\\\\\\n- Don't group yet — just download\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n**Stage 2 — Affinity Diagramming as a Group (3-4 hours):**\\\\\\\\nFull research team grouping in silence:\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\`\\\\\\\\nProtocol:\\\\\\\\n1. Everyone places stickies on the board simultaneously (no presenting)\\\\\\\\n2. In silence: move similar stickies near each other\\\\\\\\n3. When movement stops: no more than 7-10 clusters\\\\\\\\n4. Name each cluster with a header (verb + subject — e.g., \\\\\\\\