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UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture 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 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.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview30-60 min je Interview1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview5-12 Interviews3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
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QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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