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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min1-2 h30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
4-82-81 participant per interview
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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