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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-4 Wochen1-3 h60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone5-201-84-20
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
UX researchTrackingBehavior
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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