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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-2 h SetupWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
5-202-203-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
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
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric