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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
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
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-84-20
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method