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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 Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1-4 Wochen20-35 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-10 Kunden1-5Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksTest Card with a pre-set thresholdClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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