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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 notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1-2 h Setup, laufend45–90 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team13-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
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