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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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.For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-83-20
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of HEART Framework with its method-specific working model.
UX Research
HEART Framework
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
Operations
Theory of Constraints