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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h25-40 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-203-121-5Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanLearning Card with evidence and next actionClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
KnowledgeMappingRisk
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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