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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Growth North Star Metric |  Delivery RAID Log |  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. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | 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 | 1-2 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 3-15 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | RAID Log, Status Report Source | ROAM Board, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment |