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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 Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
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 many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
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Timedifferent
1-3 Tage30-60 min15-30 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team1-61-61
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
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Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesPareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus ListEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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ResearchCustomerSynthesis
PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause
PrioritizationFocusTasks
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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