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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Agile ROAM Board |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  UX Research Diary Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3-15 | 1-8 | 5-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | ROAM Board, Owner List | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | UX researchTrackingBehavior |