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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen90-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-203-85-30
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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Decision Jam
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Facilitation
Dot Voting
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3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Alignment Mapping