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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Operations Pomodoro Technique |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 Wochen | 25 min Zyklen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Focus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption Notes | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | UX researchObservationContext | FocusTime managementProductivityExecution | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |