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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Agile Bucket System | ![]() Delivery RAID Log | ![]() Agile Affinity Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates. | 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 many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-90 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |



