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Criterion
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
Purposedifferent
When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.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 several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45–90 min1-5 Tage30–60 min per interview45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10Nutzertraffic1 participant per interview2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryTest Matrix, Test Plan
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
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