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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | Nutzertraffic | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |