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Criterion
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Purposedifferent
When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
45–90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis