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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 45-120 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 3-8 | 2-6 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |