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Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Purposedifferent
Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.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.SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them.
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0.5-2 Tage1-4 Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-125-203-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list
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StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
UX researchTrackingBehavior
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
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PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
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