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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
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.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.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsRAID Log, Status Report SourceProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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