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Criterion
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UX Research
User Interviews
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Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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 decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview4-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option
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QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
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