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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 of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage45-90 min30–60 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-84-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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