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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time.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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 Tage30-60 min je Interview60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-12Internes Team5-12 Interviews4-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
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