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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  UX Research User Interviews |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | 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 a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 30–60 min per interview | 2-8 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1 participant per interview | 5-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models |
Tagsno overlap | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior |