Product Design, UX Research, Technical Writing, and Design System collaborate to create the GitLab product experience as part of Upstream Studios.
Product Design, Experience Research, Technical Writing, and Design System collaborate to create the GitLab product experience as part of Upstream Studios.
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**UX at GitLab encompasses Product Design, UX Research, Technical Writing, and Design System**—four disciplines working in close collaboration to shape the GitLab product experience. Together with Brand, we form [Upstream Studios](/handbook/upstream-studios/), GitLab's full-stack experience organization.
**UX at GitLab encompasses Product Design, Experience Research, Technical Writing, and Design System**—four disciplines working in close collaboration to shape the GitLab product experience. Together with Brand, we form [Upstream Studios](/handbook/upstream-studios/), GitLab's full-stack experience organization.
UX focuses specifically on the product—designing interfaces, conducting research, writing documentation, and building the design system that powers the GitLab application. While Brand shapes how the world experiences GitLab externally, UX ensures the product itself is productive, minimal, and human.
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[Learn more about Product Design →](/handbook/product/ux/product-design/)
### UX Research
### Experience Research
UX Researchers validate hypotheses before teams commit to direction, not after building has started. Through continuous discovery and strategic insight, research drives what we build and shapes how the entire company approaches decision-making.
[Learn more about UX Research →](/handbook/product/ux/experience-research/)
[Learn more about Experience Research →](/handbook/product/ux/experience-research/)
- Room for experimentation and vision work, not just execution
- Being positioned to say "no" or "not like this" before engineering starts
### UX Research
### Experience Research
Strategic UX Research validates or disproves hypotheses before teams commit to direction, not after building has started. Research drives what we build and shapes how the entire company approaches decision-making.
Strategic Experience Research validates or disproves hypotheses before teams commit to direction, not after building has started. Research drives what we build and shapes how the entire company approaches decision-making.
This means:
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-[How we work](/handbook/upstream-studios/): Our principles, manifesto, and approach
-[Product Design](/handbook/product/ux/product-design/): Workflows and practices
-[UX Research](/handbook/product/ux/experience-research/): Research methodologies and impact
-[Experience Research](/handbook/product/ux/experience-research/): Research methodologies and impact
