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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 Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication 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 a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview60-120 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview4-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas