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Paper illustration of HEART Framework with its method-specific working model.
UX Research
HEART Framework
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
120 min initial, dann laufend45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-62-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HEART-GSM Table, DashboardTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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