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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 Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
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.Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.
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Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30 min Setup, dann laufend0.5-3 Tage1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
5-201-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone5-153-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRAID Log, Status Report SourceRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
RiskDecisionSensemaking
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