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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-20 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |