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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|
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 work processes are known only from accounts and the real context stays hidden, Contextual Inquiry makes behavior at the workplace visible. Observation and follow-up questions together show how people actually work, get interrupted, and improvise. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 Wochen | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | UX researchObservationContext | StartupValidationCompetition |
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