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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-120 min30 min Setup, dann laufend60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-202-61-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListRAID Log, Status Report SourceStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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