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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Operations Bottleneck Analysis | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-8 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | FlowMeasurementConstraints | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |
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