User-Centered Design (UCD) is a design methodology that moves the design process outside the confines of a meeting room and into a space where assumptions are tested with a representative set of users. It is a process that focuses on the users during the planning, design and development stages of a product, helping teams generate better informed design decisions that put assumptions to the test. It requires more planning before development but also provides valuable insight, therefore easing the stress of having to get it right with just one shot post-launch.

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