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Criterion
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UX Research
User Interviews
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Getting Things Done
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Pomodoro Technique
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview1-2 h Setup, laufend25 min Zyklen
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview11
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption Notes
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
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