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Criterion
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UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30–60 min per interview1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-81 participant per interviewInternes Team
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
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