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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 Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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