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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.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
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen45-90 min1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen3-121-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
UX researchObservationContext
ChangeDecisionStrategy
SensemakingDecisionRationale
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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