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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 2-4 h | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |
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