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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 shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 Tage5-15 min20-45 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-204-104-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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