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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization 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 project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis |