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| Criterion |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  UX Research User Interviews |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible. | When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min pro Story | 30–60 min per interview | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 1 participant per interview | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer |
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