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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|
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 the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 30-60 min je Interview | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 5-12 Interviews | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |
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