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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
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-60 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-72-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example