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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 of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
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Weekly Review
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 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.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage30–60 min per interview30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team1 participant per interview1
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
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