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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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 discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Tage1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneInternes Team2-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourcePersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
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UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing