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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Growth North Star Metric |  Agile ROAM Board |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-8 | 3-15 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | ROAM Board, Owner List | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |