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Criterion
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
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.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 a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.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
MediumLowHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage30-60 min0.5-2 Tage30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team1-56-121 participant per interview
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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