At Rally, along with building the User Research CRM that enables teams to talk to their users safely and at scale, we host engaging webinars with amazing Research and ReOps leaders from companies like Adobe, Dropbox, MongoDB, and more. 

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**What’s behind a high-impact research practice? Often, it’s governance quietly ensuring the right people have the right access at the right time, with the guardrails to move confidently and responsibly.**

Governance is one of the most important **—** and most misunderstood **—** aspects of scaling research. It’s not just about legal compliance. It’s about enabling access, protecting quality, and making sure your research efforts actually support business goals. 

In this AMA with [Jared Forney](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredforney/), Research Operations Principal at Okta, we’re breaking down the invisible systems behind research: the guardrails, workflows, and permissions that shape who gets to do what, how data is tracked, and how it rolls up to your company’s OKRs. 

Whether you’re looking to enable self-serve research, build stronger governance practices, or align your research efforts with the broader business, this session will give you the clarity and language to lead with confidence. 

**Join us as we dive into:**

🧩 What governance really means in a research context (hint: it’s not just legal compliance)

🔐 Balancing access and control in democratized research environments

🔑 How to manage participation and access without increasing risk

🛠️ Building systems that support scale, not just control

📊 How governance structures enable better metrics and reporting

🤝 Making governance approachable, understandable, & adoption-friendly

⚙️ How governance powers enablement and responsible democratization

🖐 Your questions!

You’ll leave this AMA with a clearer understanding of how to use governance as a level, not a limitation, for scaling meaningful, measurable, and safe research. 


AMA with Jared: How governance fuels enablement, adoption, & impact

How do you measure the impact of research? It’s a question that comes up again and again, and one that ReOps and research leaders are increasingly being asked to answer.

In this AMA with [Pedro Vargas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/opedrovargas/), we’re diving into metrics: the ones that matter, how to track them, and how to make sure they actually tell the story of your team’s impact. Whether you’re just starting to define success criteria or looking to refine your approach, this session will be packed with practical advice and lessons from the field.

Join us as we unpack:

📊 The best metrics for Research and ReOps teams to track and why

📈 How to tie research activities to business outcomes

🧩 Strategies for building research roadmaps and planning OKRs

🧭 Leading research teams and stepping into ReOps leadership

✋ Your questions!

Plan to walk away from our chat with Pedro with a clearer understanding of how to measure what matters, show the value of research, and level up your team’s strategic impact.


AMA with Pedro: Making research count — metrics that matter

Research shouldn't be a bottleneck for PMs and designers—it should be a launchpad. But how do you build a successful self-serve research program that enables PMs and designers to scale testing without sacrificing quality?

Join us on **March 18th from 11-12pm EST** for a discussion with Oren Friedman (Co-founder and CEO at Rally), Murat Mutlu (Co-founder and CEO at Ballpark), and Lauren Law (ReOps Manager at Contentful) as they share insights on:

✅ How leading teams are empowering PMs and designers to run their own unmoderated tests

🔎 The biggest challenges (and solutions) in scaling research beyond the core UXR team

💡 Demo of best practices for recruitment, test setup, and participant experience

🎤 A live AMA – bring your questions around democratization and self-serve research

*👉 Rally and Ballpark make it easier than ever for teams to set up, recruit, run unmoderated studies, and incentivize at scale. If your team is looking to move faster without breaking research, this session is for you.*


Building self-serve research programs for Product & Design teams

AI can’t own your research – but it can help. So how do you cut through the hype and build a Research Ops strategy that actually scales, delivers quality, and turns insights into action for your whole team?

Join us on **Wednesday, May 28th at 2pm EST** for a bold conversation with Mahad Bullo (Staff UX Researcher at Included Health), Oren Friedman (Co-founder and CEO at Rally) and Prayag Narula (Co-founder and CEO at Marvin) as they dig into the future of research and what’s working.

What to expect:

🔥 A vision for launching and scaling self-serve research across UX and product teams

🧠 How AI is supercharging research ops, and where it misses the mark

🛠️ A run-through of Rally and Marvin's new integration

🎤 Live AMA. Bring your questions about what it takes to scale research right

*👉 Rally and Marvin help teams unlock self-serve research from participant recruit to insights and analysis. If you're a product or UX leader tired of research bottlenecks (and AI hype), this one’s for you.*


How UX leaders turn user insights into product impact

Speakers

Oren Friedman

CEO & Co-founder at Rally

Prayag Narula

CEO & Co-founder at Marvin

Mahad Bullo

Staff UX Researcher at Included Health

Replays

AMA with Jared: How governance fuels enablement, adoption, & impact

AMA with Pedro: Making research count — metrics that matter