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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-202-83-15
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanROAM Board, Owner List
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB