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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 45-90 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 List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |