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Criterion
Paper illustration of a participant using a prototype while an observer takes notes beside a highlighted usability issue.
UX Research
Usability Testing
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
When a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-2 h je Session1-4 Wochen4-5 Tage1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question6-30 Experten5-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Usability Issues, Severity List, RecommendationsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
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ValidationUXPrototype
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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