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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | 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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 45-120 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 3-8 | 5-12 Interviews | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |