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Criterion
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UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview60-120 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview4-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
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QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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