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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
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.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.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-201-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRAID Log, Status Report SourceCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping