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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Open Space Technology.
Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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 many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.When a complex topic does not yet have a fitting agenda, Open Space Technology hands topic ownership back to the participants. The format suits questions that only move forward when real interest determines the order.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interviewHalber Tag bis 2 Tage0.5-2 Tage25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview15-20020-500+1-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummarySession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsSession Marketplace, Proceedings, Action TopicsLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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