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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 15-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 1-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationOptionsDecision |
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