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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 Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
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.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview30-60 min je Interview1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview5-12 Interviews2-83-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
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