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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-6 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |