---
title: Matrices
summary: Patterns pulled out of the raw data and laid side by side.
type: artifact
order: 2
activity: Interpreting
loop_stage: discovery/interpreting
domains: [people, business]
status: draft
version: 0.1
updated: 2026-10-25
sources: [Traditional UX Practice v1.2 (2010)]
confidence: stated
next: personae-and-models
---

Patterns pulled out of the raw data and laid side by side.

## Where it comes from

**Activity:** Interpreting. From the 2010 list: Customers' behaviors, attitudes, aptitudes, motivations and pain points. A SWOT for the business. Patterns in users' attributes, goals and environments.

## The spec (to be worked)

| Part | What goes here |
| --- | --- |
| Inputs | What this artifact is made from |
| The skill that makes it | The steps an agent or a person follows |
| Shape | A fixed template the next skill can read |
| How it's checked | What has to be true before it counts as done |
| Next | [Personae and models](/artifacts/personae-and-models) |

This artifact is a skeleton. Fully worked specs come one at a time, and the [changelog](/changelog) records each one.