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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | When work processes are known only from accounts and the real context stays hidden, Contextual Inquiry makes behavior at the workplace visible. Observation and follow-up questions together show how people actually work, get interrupted, and improvise. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-3 Wochen | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | UX researchObservationContext | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |