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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication 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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-202-62-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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