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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 for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
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 an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min1 h bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
5-201-61-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogPDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test