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The Illusion of Rigor: Why AI-Driven Product Teams Need Context Architecture to Protect Product Quality

Invited Essay

Authors
  • Walky Goode

    Amazon
    Author
Keywords:
context architecture,, product research, UX Research, GenAI
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Author Biography
  1. Walky Goode, Amazon

    Walky Goode is Senior Manager of Research Strategy within PXT Central Science at Amazon. She leads a team conducting qualitative research to uncover critical opportunities across complex enterprise platforms and emerging technology workflows. With over a decade of UX research leadership experience at Google and Amazon, she specializes in building research systems that inform organizational decision-making. She holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology.

How to Cite

Goode, W. (2026). The Illusion of Rigor: Why AI-Driven Product Teams Need Context Architecture to Protect Product Quality: Invited Essay. Journal of User Experience, 22(1), 1-4. https://www.uxpajournal.org/index.php/jux/article/view/60