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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
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 a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-123-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop