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UX Research
User Interviews
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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 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
LowMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview30-60 min je Interview
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview5-12 Interviews
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes
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QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
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Opportunity Solution Tree
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Product Discovery
Problem Interview
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UX Research
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