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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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 story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-60 min5-20 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-71-203-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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