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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
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 sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 WochenUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
5-20Scrum Team
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective