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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-2 h0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-201-84-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
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