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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Agile Three Amigos |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 15-30 min | 15-30 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3 | 3-12 | 1-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation |