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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
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.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan
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UX researchObservationContext
RiskDecisionSensemaking
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Argument Mapping
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
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