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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
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.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview30-60 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview3-123-122-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution IdeasRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
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