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Criterion
Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
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.A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen5-15
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns
Tagsno overlap
UX researchObservationContext
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
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A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop