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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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 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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min1-3 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-8Internes Team1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesRAID Log, Status Report Source
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SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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