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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-203-123-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanROAM Board, Owner ListRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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