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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Agile ROAM Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 60–90 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-15 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | ROAM Board, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | KnowledgeMappingRisk | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment |