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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Operations Change Analysis | ![]() Delivery RAID Log | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-120 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-6 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |



