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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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 initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
5-202-86-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis