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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop