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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example 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.When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceExample Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
TeamCollaborationAgile
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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