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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 Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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Future Reality Tree
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Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
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UX Research
User Interviews
Affinity Diagramming
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