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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 2-6 h | 4-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 2-8 | 5-8 | 3-10 Kunden |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery |