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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 2-4 h | 1-3 h pro Pattern |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling |
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