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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen15-30 min Planung, laufend45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-2012-63-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
PlanningTime managementFocus
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
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