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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |