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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.
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MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen
Participantsdifferent
5-201-62-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
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Barrier Analysis
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Family Tree Analysis
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Causal Factor Analysis