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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision 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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen60-120 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-81-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
GrowthRetentionConversion
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring