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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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 many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-201-52-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineFunnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypothesesTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
AnalyticsConversionGrowth
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Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
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