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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 Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
A paper-based illustration representing Kano Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Kano Model
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.Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 TageMehrere Wochen1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team2-6 researchers plus sample10-50
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesDesired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypothesesKano Matrix, Feature Classes, Priority Themes
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
SatisfactionPrioritizationCustomer
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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Paper illustration of Opportunity Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring