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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Personas | ![]() Product Strategy KPI Tree | ![]() Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
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 metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Internes Team | 3-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | KPI Tree, Owner List | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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