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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Operations Change Analysis | ![]() Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop | ![]() Decision Making Option Framing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-120 min | 60-120 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-6 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison |



