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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 2-6 h | 1-3 h | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 2-8 | 3-12 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | KnowledgeMappingRisk | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop |