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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen20-40 min initial, dann laufend30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-153-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineROAM Board, Owner ListAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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