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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Engineering Golden Path |  Agile ROAM Board |  Decision Making Decision Rights 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. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 3-15 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | ROAM Board, Owner List | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |