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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 Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
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.A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min1-4 h or multiple rounds
Participantsdifferent
5-203-104-12 Experten
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsEstimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
EstimationExpertsForecasting
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Three-Point Estimation.
Decision Making
Three-Point Estimation