A Scenario-Based Approach to Creating Interaction Frameworks discusses the rarely talked about but intriguing concept of day-in-the-life scenarios.
“Day-in-the-life Scenarios:
Scenarios are created that describe the most typical series of events in the life of the key persona, as they pertain specifically to the product or service being designed. These scenarios explore the mental models that the persona has regarding the workflow, processes, tasks, objects, and other people in their environment, based on ethnographic field research collected and analyzed prior to the creation of the scenarion”
Emphasis mine– these two concepts are ones often forgetten in discussions on scenerios.