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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Growth North Star Metric | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h | 60-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-8 | 4-10 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |



