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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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 a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold.When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview1-3 h1-3 Tage1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview3-8Internes Team2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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