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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Facilitation 1-2-4-All | ![]() Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 10-20 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-100+ | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | DecisionTreeOptions |
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