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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
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
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.For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview30-60 min je Interview0.5-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview5-12 Interviews4-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesKaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work Update
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
LeanContinuous improvementOperations
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A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Gemba Walk
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Opportunity Solution Tree
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
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