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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-90 min | 1-2 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 1-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | DecisionTreeOptions |