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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-201-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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