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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Paper illustration of Opportunity Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring
Purposedifferent
When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min30-60 min2-8 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-81-55-123-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsOpportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds
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