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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Agile Three Amigos |  Agile Working Agreements |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths. | When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 15-30 min | 45-90 min | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3 | 3-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | TeamCollaborationAgile | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |