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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-4 Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-201-62-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree