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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
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 solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
30–60 min30-60 min je Interview2-8 h4-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
4-85-10 Interviews5-125-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsSolution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
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