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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
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.
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1-4 Wochen45-90 min0.5-2 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-84-121-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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