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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 a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage45-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team2-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring