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Criterion
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UX Research
User Interviews
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Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
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.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview30-60 min30-60 min je Interview
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview3-105-12 Interviews
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
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