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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min1-3 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-104-12 Beobachtungen
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesField Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
UX researchObservationContext
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study