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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 2-6 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |
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