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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Decision Making RAPID |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 5-30 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | DecisionRolesGovernance |
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