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| Criterion |  Delivery Communication Plan |  UX Research Diary Study |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Storytelling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 60–90 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 5-20 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | UX researchTrackingBehavior | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation |