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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Decision Making Cynefin 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. | 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. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 1-4 h | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3-8 | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | RiskDecisionSensemaking | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |
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