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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 of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
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 stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage60-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team4-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentCustomer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe