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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | Half day | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 1-6 | 3-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Value Chain Map, Lever List | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability |



