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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  UX Research Personas |  UX Research Empathy 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions. | When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 60-120 min | 1-3 Tage | 30–60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 2-8 | Internes Team | 4-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop |