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Selected:PersonasProblem InterviewARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Opportunity Interview
| Criterion |  UX Research Personas |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 30-60 min je Interview | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | Internes Team | 5-12 Interviews | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes |
Tagsno overlap | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer |