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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 a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
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 goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
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Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen90-180 min45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
5-203-83-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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