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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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Decision Making
Option Framing
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.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
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30–60 min60-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-84-103-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
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SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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