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User Persona Checklist (DDN2-J12)

Description

This job aid is a tool for creating an effective user persona to better understand the needs, experiences, attitudes and goals of an intended user when creating a new product or service.

Published: April 23, 2024
Type: Job aid

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Persona Checklist

This job aid is a tool for creating an effective persona to better understand the needs, experiences, attitudes and goals of an intended stakeholder when creating a new product or service.

Purpose

Use this persona checklist to create a structured representation of your target stakeholder (i.e., core users, extreme users, etc.).

Desired outcome

A structured representation of your target stakeholder containing:

  • information about the persona
  • service use behaviour
  • relationship with service

When to use

At the beginning of the research process (persona based on assumptions) and after the research (validated persona).

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How to use

  1. Collect all the necessary information.
  2. Fill in the following persona checklist.

Persona checklist

Persona checklist
Checklist Items Responses
Name, pronouns, timelines, job, and location
Think about their logistic needs, accommodation requirements, psychological safety, social needs.
Relationship with service
What relationship do they have with the services? Do they know about the services? Are they new to them?
Barriers
Why might they not engage with the services?
Frustrations or concerns
If they already engage with your services, what are the negatives they experience?
Relevant content
What specific content would this person be interested in?
Overview
Write a couple of paragraphs about who this person is to get into the mind of the persona.
Quotes or attitudes
What would they say? What are their beliefs and attitudes?
Underlying motivations or goals.
What drives them? Why do they have those needs?
Opportunities
What specific opportunities are there for this persona?
Primary actions
What do we want them to do first? (This helps create focus.)
Service use behaviour
Which services do they use?
Where do they access those services?
How do they access those services?
Key needs
What do they primarily need from the services?

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