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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 WochenWochen bis Monate je GoalMultiple workshops over several weeks
Participantsdifferent
5-203-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
GrowthBehaviorRetention
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Growth Experiment workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Growth Experiment