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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-202-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesRAID Log, Status Report SourceRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernance
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