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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen60-120 min30-60 min90-180 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-203-82-63-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsKPI Tree, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
GrowthRetentionConversion
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
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