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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 Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto 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.In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 Tage2-6 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-101-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsPareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause
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Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
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ABC Analysis
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming