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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen30-90 min Setup, danach laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen1-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication
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UX researchObservationContext
ForecastingFlowDelivery
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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis