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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen60-90 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
5-204-105-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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Operations
Kepner-Tregoe