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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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.A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.
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MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen2-4 h15-45 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-205-151-34-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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