Tool details
Defining Research Activities
Making a plan for what stakeholders to contact, which methods to use and what to learn.
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When to use
After actors are defined, and before you start collecting insights from them.
Why you should
To get a structured overview of all insight you are going to gather from different actors.
What you get
A list of which actors to talk to, which inside method to use and what you want to know.
Steps to take
Based on the actors map you now select the actors you think are most important to understand in order to make a good solution.
Use the worksheet to set up a plan for how it is best to go ahead and what you need to learn.
Further reading
This tool is best to use when you have an overview of all of your actors, for instance by using Actors Map.
A Stakeholder Matrix could also be useful to do in advance in order to prioritize the most important stakeholders when you are planning which insight methods to use.
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