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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Purposedifferent
When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.When content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations.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.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumHigh
Timedifferent
30-90 min20-45 min30-60 min je Interview4-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-8Based on research question5-12 Interviews5-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsContent groups, Label set, IA hypothesesProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
Information architectureNavigationStructure
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
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