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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |  Agile ROAM Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 3-15 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | RAID Log, Status Report Source | ROAM Board, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment |