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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.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 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
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-202-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model