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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
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 topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 4-12 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | FacilitationOptionsDecision | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |
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