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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen0.5-2 Tage45-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-204-123-83-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
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