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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
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.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
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
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UX researchObservationContext
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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