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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 Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
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 a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage30-60 min je Interview3-14 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team5-10 Interviews50+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesSolution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesSurvey Results, Charts, Segment Insights
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
QuantitativeResearchValidation
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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
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 for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation