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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 of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
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.The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 minMultiple workshops over several weeks
Participantsdifferent
5-203-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
GrowthBehaviorRetention
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Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric