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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  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. | 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. | 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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 1-5 Tage | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |