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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
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.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.Domain Storytelling translates domain knowledge into a shared narrative of actors, objects, and workflows. It is especially useful when language, rules, and process understanding must be tightly connected.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview3-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanDomain Story, Glossary Notes, Process Narrative
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QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
KnowledgeMappingRisk
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview