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From Artefact to Actor: Extending Design for X through a Leadership Error-Processing Questionnaire
Kriegler, Hannes; Weiss, Stefan; Koch, Alexander
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2026
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Paetzold-Byhain, K.; Krause, D.; Wartzack, S. and Koch, A.
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DfX
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University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany
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120-129
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Agile product development embraces deviation as productive input for iteration. Yet this tolerance for error is institutionalized only at team level, leaving leaders without comparable structures for processing their own misguided decisions. Drawing on Design for X and the Human-Behaviour-in-Design perspective, this paper iteratively develops a semi-structured interview guide capturing individual, team and organizational factors relevant to leaders' error processing. An initial six-item draft revealed terminological conflation, overly binary response formats and a missing disclosure dimension. A revised nine-item version, tested independently, resolved these limitations and surfaced new thematic categories, yielding a validated instrument for subsequent substantive research.
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