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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen5-15 min1-3 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-205-304-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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