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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|
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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 60-180 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 4-20 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |
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