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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  UX Research Diary Study |  Domain Modeling Context Map |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 1-3 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-20 | 2-8 | 4-12 Beobachtungen |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | UX researchTrackingBehavior | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy | UX researchObservationContext |