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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  UX Research Personas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. | When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Mehrere Wochen | 30–60 min | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-8 | Internes Team |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | ResearchCustomerSynthesis |