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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
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 a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
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 complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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.The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
5-204-103-83-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsStrategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
InnovationPrototypeResearch
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StrategyPositioningInnovationValue
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