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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-201-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
SensemakingDecisionRationale
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
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Decision Making
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
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