Empathizing Persona

Collaborate to create an empathizing persona that details our users' unique journey as they encounter the problem, capturing their aspirations, frustrations, motivations, and eventual elation along the user timeline.

Group Size: 4-5

Materials Needed: Print Empathizing Persona, Pens, Markers and Post-its

Duration: 30-60 mins

Empathizing Persona

An Empathizing Persona is an observational tool we can use to understand the unique journey of our customers as they move through aspirations, frustrations, motivations, and elation.

Data Collection for Empathizing Persona

With an Empathy Persona we can gather an understanding of our potential customer understanding their aspirations, frustration, motivations. During this small scale experiment we can gather critical information to validate our potential customer and their problem.

  • Focus on survey questions to understand your Persona demographics.

  • Understand the problem by documenting what number out of the total of people you have observed have similar feelings, thought, attitudes and emotions associated with pain point/problem?

  • Provide your analysis of possible opportunities related to the pain point/problem.

20 out of 30

20 out of 30 observed has Paint Point

Out of 20 people whom identified pain point. The number one feeling emotion, attitude was……….

Understand the persona’s pain points.

What are the main challenges you face in your daily life/work/industry?

  1. Can you identify any specific obstacles that hinder your progress or productivity?

  2. What are the biggest frustrations you encounter when dealing with [specific product/service/issue]?

  3. Are there any aspects of [product/service/organization] that you find particularly difficult or inconvenient to use?

  4. Have you experienced any recurring problems or issues that have not been adequately addressed?

  5. How satisfied are you with the current solutions available to address your needs? Why?

  6. Are there any pain points that have caused you to consider switching to a competitor or alternative solution?

  7. What improvements or changes would you like to see in [product/service/organization] to better meet your needs?

  8. Can you identify any gaps or areas where [product/service/organization] falls short compared to your expectations?

  9. How does [product/service/organization] fail to address your specific pain points or requirements?