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UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Standard Work Analysis.
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Standard Work Analysis
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Kaizen Event
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 same task is done differently depending on the person, the method exposes the reliable core. It creates comparability without unnecessarily choking off needed latitude.For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments.
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LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview1-3 h0.5-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview2-64-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryStandard Work Sheet, Deviation List, Improved Standard, Training NeedsKaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work Update
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QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
LeanProcessQuality
LeanContinuous improvementOperations
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