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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Kano Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Kano Model
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Purposedifferent
When features need to be distinguished by their effect on satisfaction, it makes expectations and surprises comparable. It separates basic needs, performance contribution, and delight.With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.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.When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage30-60 min1-3 Tage30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
10-501-5Internes Team1 participant per interview
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Kano Matrix, Feature Classes, Priority ThemesABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
SatisfactionPrioritizationCustomer
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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