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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 15-30 min | 15-45 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-12 | 1-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |