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Paper illustration of HEART Framework with its method-specific working model.
UX Research
HEART Framework
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
120 min initial, dann laufendHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-64-12Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
HEART-GSM Table, DashboardBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction
StrategyMetricsExecution
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree