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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen15-30 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-125-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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Facilitation
Dot Voting
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Facilitation
Mind Mapping
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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Facilitation
1-2-4-All