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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Personas | ![]() Facilitation 1-2-4-All | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping | ![]() Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 10-20 min | 1-2 h | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Internes Team | 4-100+ | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |



