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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Strategy DIBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 45-90 min | 20–45 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis |