Design Thinking: Creating and Utilizing Personas

Stage: Exploration and researching

Audience: Supervisors

Summary

User personas are crucial tools for understanding target audiences effectively. This article provides a guide on creating user personas. It emphasizes the importance of research, including gathering demographic data and behavioral patterns. It discusses the significance of empathy in persona creation, encouraging designers to step into the shoes of their users. By following these guidelines, you can develop accurate, insightful user personas that enhance your work moving forward.

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How to use this resource

Review the information and steps included in this resource and then leverage it to develop your own persons that can help guide your work and better understand the users you want so support.

Created: May 7, 2024

Updated: May 17, 2024

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