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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 Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage60-120 min30-60 min je Interview45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team4-105-12 Interviews3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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