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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.
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Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen25 min Zyklen30-60 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
5-2012-64-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption NotesCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
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