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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen60-180 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen4-202-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
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UX researchObservationContext
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