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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Beobachtungen3-15
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain PointsROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
UX researchObservationContext
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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Diary Study
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop