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Criterion
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UX Research
User Interviews
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Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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