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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen2-61-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
UX researchObservationContext
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem