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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication 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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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