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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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 metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-3 Wochen | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | KPI Tree, Owner List | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | UX researchObservationContext | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |