Persona
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30
CORE DEFINITION
A fictional typical user image constructed based on user research, including demographics, behavior patterns, goals, motivations, pain points, and needs—representing a group of users with a concrete "person." Scaffold role: turning the abstract into the concrete, giving empathy a target. When designing, you no longer face a vague "user group," but design for "Aunt Zhang," a living person.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Turning the abstract into the concrete, giving empathy a target. When designing, you no longer face a vague "user group," but design for "Aunt Zhang," a living person.
Anchor fast decisions
Based on real user research (interviews, data), abstract representative archetypes, turning the vague "user group" into a concrete "person" that can be empathized with, enabling the team to make decisions around the same target.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personaverified
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