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Criterion
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
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Purposedifferent
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.
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MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone5-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline
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OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
UX researchTrackingBehavior
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis