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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 Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.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 Tage45-120 min30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-81 participant per interview
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
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