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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 90-180 min | 45-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |