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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-90 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
5-201-64-100+
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
DecisionTreeOptions
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam