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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 15-45 min | 60-120 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 1-10 | 5-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |