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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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.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.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview45–90 min30-60 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview3-1011
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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