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Criterion
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 Tage45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-8Internes Team2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationalePersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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