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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
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 a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen30-60 min je InterviewMehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
5-205-10 Interviews2-6 researchers plus sample
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineSolution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesDesired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
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