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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
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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.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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h je Session30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Tage60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-44-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Usability Issues, Severity List, RecommendationsRAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
ValidationUXPrototype
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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