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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 45-90 min | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 2-6 | 4-10 | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer |