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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision |
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