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-Rapid Usability Testing is one of many approaches in UXR. There are a variety of methods which may be better suited for different scenarios, circumstances, and/or phases in the product lifecycle. For example, user discovery sessions may be a good fit for when a general concept is known but an associated tool or service does not yet exist (more on the discovery phase [here](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/discovery-study-guide/); and [affinity diagramming](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/affinity-diagram/) is an approach that is particularly well-suited for the qualitative analysis of user feedback with smaller sample sizes. [This guide from 18F](https://web.archive.org/web/20250222140849/https://guides.18f.gov/methods/), the former GSA digital services team, helps lay out the many options available to you. 
+Rapid Usability Testing is one of many approaches in UXR. There are a variety of methods which may be better suited for different scenarios, circumstances, and/or phases in the product lifecycle. For example, user discovery sessions may be a good fit for when a general concept is known but an associated tool or service does not yet exist (more on the [discovery phase here](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/discovery-study-guide/); and [affinity diagramming](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/affinity-diagram/) is an approach that is particularly well-suited for the qualitative analysis of user feedback with smaller sample sizes. [This guide from 18F](https://web.archive.org/web/20250222140849/https://guides.18f.gov/methods/), the former GSA digital services team, helps lay out the many options available to you. 
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 ## Tracking participation
-You’ll need a central place where you can keep track of who you have recruited and when/if they will be participating. Create a spreadsheet for this.  It can be especially useful to also include when people were contacted and followed up with as well as links to session transcripts or recordings and notes. See the image below or follow [this link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sNjgCn-u8R545Au8ypEXyH_2Kf5mWtgzP_qRw6aPAwY/edit?gid=0#gid=0) to a template participant tracker that you can make a copy of and use yourself. 
+You’ll need a central place where you can keep track of who you have recruited and when/if they will be participating. Create a spreadsheet for this.  It can be especially useful to also include when people were contacted and followed up with as well as links to session transcripts or recordings and notes. See the image below or follow [this link to a template participant tracker](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sNjgCn-u8R545Au8ypEXyH_2Kf5mWtgzP_qRw6aPAwY/edit?gid=0#gid=0) that you can make a copy of and use yourself. 
 
 ![](fig/ep3_recruit.png){alt='A screenshot of a Google Sheet with columns for Participant ID, Name, Email, Session date and more.'}