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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  UX Research User Interviews |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30–60 min per interview | 2-6 h | 30–60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 1 participant per interview | 2-8 | 4-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop |