Provisional Personas

A provisional persona is a persona created using historical, anecdotal, or statistical knowledge about a certain type of user, but is not based directly on patterns seen in user research. Provisional personas can be a helpful tool for capturing the team's knowledge about users when talking to actual end users isn't possible. However, they should be used with caution as they may not be entirely accurate or representative of the user population. When creating personas, we recommend performing some type of research with actual end users whenever possible.