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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Agile Bucket System |  Agile ROAM Board |  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. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-12 | 3-15 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | ROAM Board, Owner List | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |