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| Criterion |  UX Research Personas |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 2-4 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Internes Team | 3-8 | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |
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