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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 Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
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 tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments.When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage0.5-5 Tage30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team4-101 participant per interview
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesKaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work UpdateInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
LeanContinuous improvementOperations
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk