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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |