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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 Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept 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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1-3 h1-4 Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-121-61-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
KnowledgeMappingRisk
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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