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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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 | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 60-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-10 | 6-30 Experten | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |