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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument 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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h1-2 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-202-82-81-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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