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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |