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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Purposedifferent
For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-6Internes Team
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action BacklogPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes
Tagsno overlap
Root causeSafetyIncident
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
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Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis
Affinity Diagramming
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Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis