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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min45-120 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-82-64-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
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Facilitation
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