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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 four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
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UX Research
User Interviews
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage15-30 min30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team1-61 participant per interview
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
PrioritizationFocusTasks
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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