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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 Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
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.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage2-6 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-102-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
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Operations
Fishbone Diagram
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Architecture
SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming