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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
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 environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-103-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
GrowthRetentionConversion
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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric