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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 Standard Work Analysis.
Operations
Standard Work Analysis
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
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.When the same task is done differently depending on the person, the method exposes the reliable core. It creates comparability without unnecessarily choking off needed latitude.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 Tage1-3 h30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team2-61 participant per interview
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesStandard Work Sheet, Deviation List, Improved Standard, Training NeedsInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
LeanProcessQuality
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Empathy Mapping
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Empathy Mapping
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview