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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | Half day | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |
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