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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Architecture arc42 |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |