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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 5-30 | Nutzertraffic | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |