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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
A paper-based illustration representing Kano Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Kano Model
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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 features need to be distinguished by their effect on satisfaction, it makes expectations and surprises comparable. It separates basic needs, performance contribution, and delight.When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1-2 Tage3-14 Tage5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team10-5050+1-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesKano Matrix, Feature Classes, Priority ThemesSurvey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
SatisfactionPrioritizationCustomer
QuantitativeResearchValidation
StartupValidationCompetition
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