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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen4-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
UX researchObservationContext
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan