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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-60 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-202-103-15
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogROAM Board, Owner List
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Decision Making
RAPID
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing