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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 Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
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.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team1-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
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