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| Criterion |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  UX Research Diary Study |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work processes are known only from accounts and the real context stays hidden, Contextual Inquiry makes behavior at the workplace visible. Observation and follow-up questions together show how people actually work, get interrupted, and improvise. | 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. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 5-20 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchObservationContext | UX researchTrackingBehavior | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis |