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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 RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-203-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesRAID Log, Status Report Source
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Contextual Inquiry.
UX Research
Contextual Inquiry