# User Research Stage — Elaboration

## Criteria Guidance

### Good criteria — concrete and verifiable

- "Research covers at least 3 distinct user personas with documented pain points for each"
- "Each job-to-be-done includes frequency, current workaround, and satisfaction level"
- "Insights report synthesizes patterns across at least 5 data points per theme"

### Bad criteria — vague (no clear check)

- "Users are understood"
- "Pain points are documented"
- "Research is thorough"

