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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 PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1 h bis mehrere Wochen1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team1-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesPDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangeExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test