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Criterion
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UX Research
User Interviews
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Operations
ABC Analysis
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
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Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
Purposedifferent
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.With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.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.When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview30-60 min30-60 min je Interview60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview1-55-12 Interviews3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesPrioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis
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