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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview60–90 min15-60 min je Zyklus1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview2-81-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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