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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 2-4 h | 1-5 Tage | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic |