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Criterion
Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Paper illustration of HEART Framework with its method-specific working model.
UX Research
HEART Framework
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.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.When a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole.Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 WochenHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-3 h120 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen4-123-103-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapDomain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership MapHEART-GSM Table, Dashboard
Tagsno overlap
UX researchObservationContext
StrategyMetricsExecution
Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries
MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction
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