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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 Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor 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.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
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Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30 min Setup, dann laufend2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
5-201-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRAID Log, Status Report SourceEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis