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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 15-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 1-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas |
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