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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Domain Modeling Domain Context Map |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | When a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 4-12 | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Domain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership Map | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | StrategyMetricsExecution | Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |