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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | 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 a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 20-40 min pro Story | 1-3 Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-6 | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | UX researchObservationContext | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |