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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | LeanStartupValidationMVP |
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