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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 of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1-4 Wochen20-35 min25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-10 Kunden1-51-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksTest Card with a pre-set thresholdLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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