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| Criterion |  Delivery Communication Plan |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | 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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 20–45 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 5-20 | Small cross-functional group | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |