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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.When content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-4 Wochen20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-10 KundenBased on research question
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksContent groups, Label set, IA hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
Information architectureNavigationStructure
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card