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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE 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 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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis |