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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-6 | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |