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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop | ![]() Agile Working Agreements | ![]() Agile Planning Poker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths. | When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 20-40 min pro Story | 45-90 min | 2-5 min je Item |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-6 | 3-12 | 3-9 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence | Relative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | TeamCollaborationAgile | EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam |



