Research Repositories 101

Mike's Notes

NN Group has a series of articles on Research Repositories. 

Below are notes from an article by Maria Rosila.

Resources

• https://www.nngroup.com/articles/research-repositories/
• https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-repositories-fail/

References

• Reference

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• Home > Ajabbi Research > Library >
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Last Updated

18/04/2025

Research Repositories 101

By: Maria Rosila

NNGroup: 05/07/2024

Components

"Research repositories often house (or link out to) the following items:

• Research reports capture what happened and what was learned in the research study. A research report usually includes overarching themes, detailed findings, and sometimes recommendations.
• Research insights are the detailed findings acquired from each research study. While insights also appear in reports, saving them as their own entities makes them easier to see and address.
• Study materials, such as research plans and screeners, allow team members to learn how research insights were gathered and easily replicate a study method.
• Recordings, clips, and transcriptions make user data easily accessible. Summarizing and transcribing each video allows teams to search for keywords or specific information.
• Raw notes and artifacts from research sessions might be useful for future analysis and can sometimes be easier to read or process than a full transcript or video recording. " - NNGroup

"Research repositories organize user research in a central place, making research-related documentation easy to access and consume.

As a research function scales, managing the growing research-related body of knowledge becomes a challenge. It’s common for research insights to get lost in hard-to-find reports. When this happens, research efforts are sometimes duplicated. Enter research repositories: an antidote to some of these common growing pains. ..." - NNGroup